Mental Health Risks for RHY in New York City

This blog post from the Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness reports on the mental health status of homeless high school students in NYC. Among NYC high schoolers experiencing homelessness, 50% report depression and 32% report self-harm behavior. Those living in shelters were most at-risk of hurting themselves—50% of sheltered youth reported attempting suicide.

Read more details and discussion about the data here: https://www.icphusa.org/blog/mentalhealth19/