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This is why we need to change our approach to young people's mental health
May 26, 2020
75% of mental illnesses begin before the age of 25. At least one in four people experience mental health problems. Most mental health systems are split between children and adults, leaving many young people struggling with different approaches at their most vulnerable moment.
One of the primary goals of all societies is to ensure that their children have the chance to become healthy adults able to contribute back to their communities. Historically, one of the main obstacles to this has been childhood mortality, with nearly 50% of children dying before five years of age 200 years ago . Over the last 80 years childhood mortality has been cut to less than 4% globally . The current main obstacle preventing young people reaching healthy adulthood is mental health.
Mental illness is one of the biggest issues facing young people. Most mental illness has its onset in adolescence and early adulthood with 75% of mental illness presents by the age of 25 years . This is a time of life full of transitions in their relationships, education, work and housing. The onset of mental illness at this time in life can disrupt or derail development in one or many of these life areas.
One in four people experience mental illness, although recent research suggests that the actual proportion may be double that. As a consequence, not only is there a significant personal cost to the individual with mental illness and their loved ones, but a massive societal and economic cost to the wider community. A report from the World Economic Forum and Harvard found that mental illness contributes the largest share of lost economic global output of any non-communicable disease. The report estimated that by 2030 mental illness would lead to losses to global output equivalent to US$16.1 trillion.
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