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What are young people most concerned about in society?
Posted: 19 September 2019

It’s extremely welcome that these days mental health issues are more openly discussed among friends, in communities and in the media. But there is still a lot of misunderstanding and stigma around mental health and the problems it presents. Children’s mental health in particular simply doesn’t receive as much focus as it should.
These mental health statistics will help you understand more about the scale and type of mental health issues affecting young people today:
8 facts about young people's mental health
That’s 16 million people experiencing issues such as depression, addiction, anxiety and PTSD.
This means that right now there are at least 10 million children and adults having issues with their mental health and well-being.
If children aged between 5 and 16 don’t get the support they need, their problems will get worse. And it’s vital that they get help with their issues now, because:
By not giving children and young people the support they need at a young age, society is allowing their problems to manifest. With the right support at the right time, these problems can be managed and prevented. This is a serious issue because at the moment:
This problem is largely caused by a lack of available services. Not only would providing more money for support services benefit young people who are experiencing mental health issues, it would also be a good investment, because currently:
This figure includes both the cost of providing treatment for mental health issues, and the cost to the economy from people missing work due to mental health problems. The economic cost of mental health problems should not be underestimated, because:
In terms of causing disability, mental health is a bigger problem than both cancer and cardiovascular disease. Yet treatment for mental health problems is still woefully inadequate.
This animation shows how one young person struggles with mental health:

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