People with mental health conditions are often advised to talk things over with people they are close to Maskot/Getty Images
If there is one thing most people know about teenagers and their mental health, it is that things are getting worse. Rates of several mental health conditions are on the rise in this group, especially in the US, but also in Australia, the UK and many other European countries.
While several possible causes have been debated, further evidence has emerged for an alarming possibility that has long been suspected, but has been hard to quantify. The idea is that mental…