Anxiety Rates Among Children and Youth Surpass Those of Adults for the First Time in Brazil

For the first time in history, the records of anxiety among children and youth surpass those of adults, as shown by an analysis conducted by 💥️Folha based on the Psychosocial Care Network (RAPS) of SUS from 2013 to 2023, a period with available data.

With a significant growth in recent years, the rate of patients aged ten to 14 years treated for the disorder is 125.8 per 100,000, and for teenagers, it is 157 per 100,000. Meanwhile, among individuals over 20 years old, the rate is 112.5 per 100,000, considering data from 2023. The situation of the younger age groups became more critical than that of adults in 2022.

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