Older adolescent girls across the world are increasingly experiencing severe anxiety and depression, a new Australian study has found. The review, which has been published in the in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, looked at 19 extensive studies conducted across 12 countries and found that teenage girls in Northern Europe, the UK and China are specifically experiencing an increase in mental health problems. The studies leader, Dr William Bor from the University of Queensland, told the Daily Mail Australia that a combination of cultural, schooling and economic factors are most likely to be leading to the growing problem.
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The review looked at 19 studies conducted across 12 countries
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It found an increase in anxiety and depression in teenagers across Northern Europe, the UK and China
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The number of older adolescent girls suffering from mental health problems was double that off boys
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