Blog 3 Social Determinants of Health: Adolescents. Socio-Cultural Perception of Addiction and Population Health
Picture retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/healthy-youth/mental-health/index.html Part A What are some of the determinants that make marginalized populations more at risk for chronic disease, substance use and mental illness? Adolescents are at risk of developing mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, social anxiety, dissociation, post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD], substance abuse, alcohol dependency, suicidal ideation, and non-suicidal behaviors related to financial stressors, home insecurities, food insecurities, unsafe home environments [second-hand smoking, abuse, neglect, and trauma], lack of access to healthcare services including mental health, and stigma (Kirkbride et al...