Dutch teens are more troubled but most turn to parents for help

Dutch teens talk about their problems with parents and friends more than their peers in other countries, a new survey into adolescent wellbeing has shown. Mental health among teenagers aged 11 and 16 is worsening worldwide, particularly among girls, according to the latest edition of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. Some 280,000 children from 44 countries participated in the research. “There is good and bad news”, Gonneke Stevens, the Dutch head researcher and professor of adolescent health...