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“Depressed teens usually suffer for years before they are identified, and fewer than one in five who said. “Most of the nearly 3 million adolescents struggling with depression never get the help they need because of prejudice about mental illness, inadequate mental-health resources and widespread ignorance about how emotional problems can wreck young lives.” In 2020, the number of adolescents grappling with depression climbed to 4.1 million, 17 percent of the U.S. population aged 12 to 17; 41.6 percent of them received treatment.
