A Bit About Project Breakout
Working Towards a Brighter Future
This non-profit organization will reach out to teens who need emotional support, and help them find people to relate and express themselves to. We should care because there are so many teens and their families out there who don’t have the opportunity to socialize with others while hospitalized, and people they can relate to when they are in a hospital setting. All the teens will be given an opportunity to form friendships and enjoy the company of other teens! Guest speakers who join the meetings to talk will also inspire teens and lead them away from loneliness. If our plan is successful, we would hope to make teen hospital patients have something to look forward to each day, so they don’t feel alone through whatever it is they are struggling with.
20%
About 20% of teenagers have a diagnosable mental health disorder.
30%
30% of teenagers have one depressive episode before they become an adult.
33%
33% of teen hospitalized patients have showed symptoms of depression such as feeling down or hopeless, having little interest or pleasure in doing things, and experiencing significant changes in sleep and appetite. Each year more than 3 million children are hospitalized in the United States. That is about 1 million teenagers each year who suffer from depression from being isolated, and in result have a declining mental state.