The mental health of our youngsters has been in pretty sharp focus for a while now – but a new global study has found things might even be worse than we first thought… Australian psychiatrists led the 5-year study and reckon our youth have entered a “dangerous new phase” because of economic inequality, social media and disengagement with the world around them. Lead author Professor Pat McGorry says “this is the most serious public health problem we have” – calling out the figure that 50% of 16-24yo women have a mental health disorder. All Aussie ministers responsible for mental health are meeting on Friday – and experts have called on all levels of government to increase funding. Suicide is the leading cause of death for 15-44yo’s in Australia – and we’re 2nd only to the US in terms of declining mental health stats… 

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