Youth Mental Health on the Rise | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews New data from the Department of Health and Human Services reveals encouraging trends in youth mental health and substance use—fewer teens are vaping, drinking, or using illicit drugs, and major depressive episodes and suicide attempts are down. Young adults are seeing similar improvements, but the bigger picture remains grim: nearly 45 million people still live with substance use disorder, and over 80% of those who needed treatment last year didn’t get it. While progress is real, especially among younger generations, the treatment gap and systemic barriers mean the battle against addiction is far from won. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/865562cf7b428cec