Impact of Depression, Anxiety & Substance Abuse on Adolescence

This paper conceptualizes and examines Depression, Anxiety, and Substance abuse affecting the mental health of adolescents. The study’s main focus was adolescent depression, anxiety, and substance addiction. The data for this study was meticulously gathered from a number of websites, publications, and articles. It examined adolescents between the ages 12 – 18 years. Adolescents’ mental health is negatively impacted by depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. Major contributing causes leading to depression, anxiety, and substance abuse in adolescence is analyzed. Substance abuse in adolescence is prevalent. The most prevalent forms of anxiety and depression which is generally found in adolescence investigated.