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The mental health crisis among American youth

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This is the answer the question that you pose in your subheading. If your subheading will be answered in more than one paragraph, there should be more than one assertion.

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Details should include origins, founders, definitions of relevant terms, basic facts, etc.

1 in 5 people will experience a struggle with mental health during their lifetime

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Many of the primary factors that are contributing to this downward spiral are ones that are too large for just one person to solve or eliminate. Social media, stigmas our society has created, an ineffective health care system, lack of education for medical professionals as well as teens and parents, are only a few of the several topics that need to be addressed.

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https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_page_basic_format.html

Use Purdue's Online Writing Lab to help you cite your sources using MLA. As you complete your Padlet, add entries for your work cited here.

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What factors contribute to the rising mental health crisis among American youth, and what can be done to help solve this problem?

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You must have a minimum of 3 subheadings and 2 sources per subheading for a total of 6 sources. At least 2 of your sources must be from the library databases:

https://sites.google.com/dpsk12.net/easthslibrary

The link above contains all of the library databases available, but our librarians suggest you begin with these 2:
-Opposing Viewpoints
-Literature Resource Center

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This issue is complex and isn't black and white, there's any grey areas which is what makes it so difficult to solve/ figure out.

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In the last year this topic has hit close to home for me with a few of those close to me going through mental health crisis, and I want to better understand how and why this issue is growing.

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What do you need to know about this topic? What additional questions also need to be answered?

What increases ones risk for developing mental illness?

How much has this percentage of young adults grown in the last ten or so years?

How many lives are lost to suicide each year? How much has this number increased?

What can we do to help?