McGorry, Patrick D and Mei, Cristina and Dalal, Naeem and Alvarez-Jimenez, Mario and Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne and Browne, Vivienne and Dooley, Barbara and Hickie, Ian B and Jones, Peter B and McDaid, David and Mihalopoulos, Cathrine and Wood, Stephen J and El Azzouzi, Fatima Azzahra and Fazio, Jessica and Gow, Ella and Hanjabam, Sadam and Hayes, Alan and Morris, Amelia and Pang, Elina and Paramasivam, Keerthana and Quagliato Nogueira, Isabella and Tan, Jimmy and Adelsheim, Steven and Broome, Matthew R and Cannon, Mary and Chanen, Andrew M and Chen, Eric Y H and Danese, Andrea and Davis, Maryann and Ford, Tamsin and Gonsalves, Pattie P and Hamilton, Matthew P and Henderson, Jo and John, Ann and Kay-Lambkin, Frances and Le, Long K-D and Kieling, Christian and Mac Dhonnagáin, Niall and Malla, Ashok and Nieman, Dorien H and Rickwood, Debra and Robinson, Jo and Shah, Jai L and Singh, Swaran and Soosay, Ian and Tee, Karen and Twenge, Jean and Valmaggia, Lucia and van Amelsvoort, Therese and Verma, Swapna and Wilson, Jon and Yung, Alison and Iyer, Srividya N and Killackey, Eóin (2024) The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health. The Lancet Psychiatry, 11, (9), pp. 731-774. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00163-9.
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Mental ill health, which has been the leading health and social issue impacting the lives and futures of young people for decades, has entered a dangerous phase. Accumulating research evidence indicates that in many countries, the mental health of emerging adults has been declining steadily over the past two decades, with a major surge of mental ill health driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, the measures taken to contain it, and its aftermath. This alarming trend signals a warning that global megatrends (major, long-lasting societal changes such as environmental, social, economic, political, or technological changes) and changes in many societies around the world in the past two decades have harmed the mental health of young people and increased mental ill health among them...
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G Health and disease > State of health > Mental health
G Health and disease > Behavioural and mental health disorder (Psychosis / mood)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Type of care > Mental health care (Psychiatry / Psychology)
T Demographic characteristics > Adolescent / youth (teenager / young person)
VA Geographic area > International
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