# Mental Health Month: Normal Teen Angst or Adolescent Mental Illness?

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> **[Mental Health Month: Normal Teen Angst or Adolescent Mental Illness?](https://psychcentral.com/lib/mental-health-month-normal-teen-angst-or-adolescent-mental-illness/)**
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> May is Mental Health Month. Mental illness is not an adults-only issue. Almost half of all chronic mental illness begins by age 14; three-quarters by age 24. Yet the stigma associated with mental

  
May is Mental Health Month. Mental illness is not an adults-only issue. Almost half of all chronic mental illness begins by age 14; three-quarters by age 24. Yet the stigma… ![](https://imgt.psychcentral.com/piwik.php?idsite=104&rec=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Flib%2Fmental-health-month-normal-teen-angst-or-adolescent-mental-illness%2F&action_name=Mental+Health+Month%3A+Normal+Teen+Angst+or+Adolescent+Mental+Illness%3F&urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Flib%2Ffeed%2F)