- The concept of a 'narcissism epidemic' among youth in the 2000s has been debunked, with studies showing no evidence of such a crisis and the narrative fading without acknowledgment of error.
- Current narratives about a youth mental health crisis rely on unreliable self-report data, which is prone to false positives; cross-national suicide data and recent CDC trends show no epidemic, with youth suicides declining in the U.S.
- Two new studies using standardized measures (Child Behavior Checklist and attention/cognition tests) find no evidence of a crisis in youth mental health or attention, suggesting youth are performing similarly to past generations.