
About two in five teenagers in Europe are struggling with their mental well-being, a new analysis has found, with girls faring worse than boys in each of the 37 countries included.
Young people today face a host of stressors, including social isolation and disruptions to their schooling caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as socioeconomic instability and the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, according to the report, known as the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD).