Fox News contributor Dr. Marc Siegel reacts to the CDC's report showing an increase in violence, sadness and suicide risk in teenage girls on 'Special Report.'
. The findings also revealed sexual violence among teen girls has increased 20% between 2017 through 2021, while hopelessness increased from 36% to 57%. " on Monday."... Two out of three girls are now hopeless or saddened to the point of that ... 20% considering suicide...one out of ten or more raped and sexual violence up 60% just over the last few years."
While the pandemic increased isolation in the United States, Siegel said it also increased dependence on social media."I think social media has a lot to do with this. We saw it in New Jersey the other day, that horrible case of the girl who committed suicide," Siegel reflected."They had showed a violent video clip and it went viral just the day before. There's a lot of meanness involved." , Dr. Debra Houry, who explained connectivity is the key to combating the crisis.
"Parents being more involved, a lot of communication, after-school activities, schools being more involved, that's all correct," he explained.
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