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Anxiety among teens and young adults is rising, and studies have shown that it is skyrocketed

in girls. One study found that the number of girls who often felt nervous,

worried, or fearful jumped by 55% over a five-year period. What factors are behind rising

stress and anxiety in girls and what can we do about it? Our guest for this episode is Dr. Lisa

DeMore, a clinical psychologist and executive director of Laurel School's Center for Research on Girls.

She has a new book out now called Under Pressure, Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and

Anxiety in Girls.

Dr. DeMore also writes a monthly column about adolescents for the New York Times.

Welcome, Dr. DeMore.

Thanks so much for having me.

We're delighted to have you with us.

In your book, you get right to the point in the introduction when you write, something has changed.

Anxiety has always been a part of life growing up, but in recent years, it seems to have spun out of

control.

What are you seeing in your practice and in your work with the school and as the mother of two daughters?

So it's interesting. What I have noticed, I would say, but kind of around the last 10 years,

is that the general population talks about anxiety a lot more, talks about stress a lot more,

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