Overview
- In 2024, 22 of 1,000 DAK‑insured children aged 5–17 were treated for anxiety disorders, up 17% from 2019 and equivalent to about 230,000 nationwide.
- Among girls 15–17, 66.5 per 1,000 received anxiety treatment in 2024, a 53% rise from 2019, with chronic cases roughly doubling and comorbidity with depression nearly doubling.
- After rising through 2021, diagnosis rates have stayed on a high plateau across age groups rather than declining.
- Treatments for depression and eating disorders among older teen girls also increased versus 2019, to roughly 84,000 with depression and about 23,000 with eating disorders nationally.
- The findings, drawn from billing data on about 800,000 insured youths analyzed by Vandage and the University of Bielefeld, prompted warnings from clinicians and calls for expanded prevention and school‑based support.