Study on the Impact of Macroeconomic Changes on Adolescent Mental Health

With the continuous development of economy and technology, people's lifestyles are slowly changing, but the new generation of teenagers do not seem to be happier because of the improvement of economic level. According to statistics, more and more teenagers seem to have psychological problems to varying degrees. Paying attention to the mental health of teenagers is a topic that the whole society should pay attention to. This article selects the nominal GDP growth rate, population growth rate and CPI of the United States as independent variables, and the prevalence of MDE among adolescents from 2014 to 2023 as the dependent variable, attempting to explore the relationship between the macroeconomic level and adolescent mental health. The results show that population growth is negatively correlated with adolescent psychological problems, but higher GDP growth rates and higher inflation rates (measured by CPI) are associated with higher MDE prevalence rates. This result can remind the government that while developing the economy, it should also focus on using public resources to protect the healthy development of adolescents.