Episode 1159
How can we improve young people's mental health?
Mind the gap: how mental health always been the poor relation of physical health...
The Naked Scientists Podcast · The Naked Scientists
June 10, 202527m 35s
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Show Notes
The mental health of the young is reaching breaking point, globally. A recent analysis by a panel of leading researchers, young people, and policy experts, has warned that, without targeted action, by 2030, 42 million years of healthy life could be lost to mental illness or suicide; that's two million more than ten years ago. So today we're asking, why are so many young people suddenly afflicted by a decline in their mental health and wellbeing, and what are the solutions? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
mentalhealthyoungadolescentdepressionanxietyphysicaltraumacambridgechildren's hospital