Abstract
This brief provides a high-level overview of the current status of youth mental health globally and in Aotearoa New Zealand. There is a growing global youth mental health pandemic that has seen a rapid rise over several years in mental morbidity and frequency of psychological distress among children and young people and this has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic [1].
Highlights
Received: July 17, 2021; Published: July 27, 2021. This brief provides a high-level overview of the current status of youth mental health globally and in Aotearoa New Zealand
There is a growing global youth mental health pandemic that has seen a rapid rise over several years in mental morbidity and frequency of psychological distress among children and young people and this has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic [1]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) 2019 report ‘Adolescent Mental Health: Time for Action’ noted that 16% of the global burden of disease and injury for young people aged 10-19 years is attributable to mental morbidity such as depression and anxiety
Summary
To Cite This Article: Annie Weir Dr The Psychological Stress Affecting Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing. There is a growing global youth mental health pandemic that has seen a rapid rise over several years in mental morbidity and frequency of psychological distress among children and young people and this has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic [1].
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