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Why measuring adolescent mental health matters?

Why measuring adolescent mental health matters?

Adolescents Mental health

By Liliana Carvajal, Monica Giuffrida, Jennifer Requejo

Globally, mental health conditions are among the top causes of disability and death for adolescents. The importance of this issue has been highlighted in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Agenda, which indicates the promotion of mental health and well-being as critical to reducing premature deaths. Achieving this target will require… Read more →←
Adolescent mental health: Using a participatory mapping methodology to jointly identify key topics, questions, and priorities for future work and data collaboration

Adolescent mental health: Using a participatory mapping methodology to jointly identify key topics, questions, and priorities for future work and data collaboration

Data and Research Mental health

By Alexandra Shaw, Andrew J. Zahuranec, Andrew Young, Stefaan G. Verhulst, Jennifer Requejo, Liliana Carvajal

Adolescence is a unique stage of life. The brain undergoes rapid development; individuals face new experiences, relationships, and environments. These events can be exciting, but they can also be a source of instability and hardship. Half of all mental conditions manifest by early adolescence and between 10 and 20 percent of all children… Read more →←
Moving the Needle on Mental Health for Young People

Moving the Needle on Mental Health for Young People

Child Rights Mental health

By Chantelle Booysen

Leading Minds Call on Global Action to Support and Protect Mental Well-Being for Youth    The following blog is the transcript of the closing remarks for the Leading Minds 2019 Conference for Children and Young People on Mental Health by Chantelle Booysen, Global Mental Health Advocate and Social Impact Entrepreneur.  In the last… Read more →←
Child mental health emerging from the shadows

Child mental health emerging from the shadows

Evidence to Policy Mental health

By Sarah Crowe

With suicide and self-harm now leading causes of death and injury among young people between 15 to 19 years, UNICEF and WHO are coming together for the first time at the Leading Minds for children conference to tackle the growing scale of mental health disorders among children and young people. On World Mental Health Day (10 October)… Read more →←
Turning the tide together on mental ill health for children

Turning the tide together on mental ill health for children

Data and Research Mental health

By Priscilla Idele, Prerna Banati and David Anthony

In some way, mental ill health has touched everyone. The statistics are alarming, and by some accounts constitute a public health emergency. Today, around 10-20 per cent of all children and adolescents suffer from some type of mental health disorder and mental health conditions account for around 16 per cent of the global burden of… Read more →←

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