An exclusive survey reveals 82 per cent of young Australians have experienced mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic,with one in four having suicidal thoughts.
The model for tackling this escalating public health crisis is already in place.
About a quarter of young Australians experiencing moderate to severe mental health problems have not accessed specialised help,research shows.
There ought to be an obvious answer to the question,how to seek help with your mental health,but the reality isn’t quite so simple.
Clinical psychologists are today bracing for ever-increasing rates of mental illness among young people.
As conversations about mental health became more common,we ask young Australians how they got through their darkest moments.
Enough,a new podcast from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age,looks at the challenges young people face with their mental health.
Sophie Aubrey and Jewel Topsfield are hosts of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald’s latest podcast,Enough. Here they talk about how the podcast came about,introduce some of the young people who opened up about their experiences of mental illness and discuss what readers/listeners can expect from the rest of the series.