A staff nurse states that adolescents are too young to develop a mental illness. Which information should the nurse manager include in response?
1. More than 12 million adolescents were treated for a mental illness in 2016.
2. Adolescents are not usually diagnosed with a mental illness until they are older.
3. Mental illness in adolescents is really an undiagnosed physical illness.
4. Mental illness develops in adolescents who live in toxic environments.
1. More than 12 million adolescents were treated for a mental illness in 2016.
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