Nearly 143,000 children across Maryland have developed anxiety and depression since the coronavirus pandemic began 31 months ago, federal mental health data crunched by a local nonprofit shows. In 2016, roughly 9.4% of individuals between 3 years old and 17 years old were diagnosed with depression or anxiety across the state, according to the Annie E Casey Foundation’s Kids Count Data Book.
By the end of 2020, nearly 13% of youth statewide had such diagnoses.
Nationwide, there are more than 7.3 million youth struggling with depression and anxiety, an increase of 1.5 million between 2016 and 2020.
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