There is substantial evidence that adolescent mental health has deteriorated considerably since the early 2010s across many countries, and much more strongly among girls than boys. This is probably due to a combination of societal changes that strongly influenced the lives of adolescents. The societal changes include the rise of social media and of academic pressure, the COVID‐19 pandemic and increasing worries about the future. Moreover, the decreasing trend in adolescent mental health might have resulted into more mental health awareness and a tendency to overinterpret negative psychological experiences as signs of mental health problems. Several suggestions for future research are provided to increase our understanding of the origins of the recent trends in adolescent mental health.

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编者按：快速变化的世界中的青少年心理健康


有大量证据表明，自 2010 年代初以来，许多国家的青少年心理健康状况大幅恶化，女孩比男孩恶化严重得多。这可能是由于强烈影响青少年生活的社会变化的结合。社会变化包括社交媒体和学术压力的兴起、COVID-19 大流行以及对未来的日益担忧。此外，青少年心理健康的下降趋势可能导致更高的心理健康意识和将负面心理经历过度解读为心理健康问题的迹象的趋势。为未来的研究提供了一些建议，以增加我们对青少年心理健康最新趋势起源的理解。