The demands of an always-on world have taken a toll on teen mental health. With growing rates of anxiety, addiction, depression, and suicide, what are local health experts doing to help kids win this battle?

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15. Being a teenager has never been easy, but in the past decade, the
stresses teens navigate have grown exponentially, says Dr. David
Hoy, executive director of David Hoy & Associates, a Twin Cities–
based counseling and mental health practice.
“The elephant sitting in the middle of the living room is social
media,” he says. Increased anxiety, panic attacks, and
cyberbullying are common issues for teens today, and they have
grown in proportion to the increase in cellphone use.
“By 2015, 73 percent of teens had access to a smartphone and 75
percent of Americans had social media profiles,” Hoy says. “I’ve
interviewed about 50 kids, and the one thing that every kid says
about social media is that it causes them to compare themselves to
other kids.”