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Youth mental health: A rising public health challenge

Youth mental health: A rising public health challenge Editorial Australasian Psychiatry 2023, Vol. 0(0) 1–2 Youth mental health: A rising © The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2023 Article reuse guidelines: public health challenge sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/10398562231177350 journals.sagepub.com/home/apy Patrick McGorry Orygen, Parkville, VIC, AU Cristina Mei Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, AU rom birth to young adulthood, society places a pre- mental health of young people. This means immediate mium on nurturing development to promote health, responses to provide safe, evidence-based mental health F wellbeing and productivity. While this has produced care at scale and with quality, and measures to turn off the gains in terms of physical health outcomes (e.g. lower tap of new cases by tackling known risk factors and child mortality rates), the mental health and wellbeing of harmful megatrends. young people, now the number 1 health threat to their First, the latter goal means that prevention, particularly lives and futures, has been largely neglected. during childhood and adolescence, must be a top pri- A growing wave of evidence has emerged that reveals the ority. We need to better understand why young people extent of this neglect in youth mental health. In Australia, across the globe http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australasian Psychiatry SAGE

Youth mental health: A rising public health challenge

McGorry, Patrick; Mei, Cristina
Australasian Psychiatry , Volume 31 (3): 2 – Jun 1, 2023
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Editorial Australasian Psychiatry 2023, Vol. 0(0) 1–2 Youth mental health: A rising © The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2023 Article reuse guidelines: public health challenge sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/10398562231177350 journals.sagepub.com/home/apy Patrick McGorry Orygen, Parkville, VIC, AU Cristina Mei Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, AU rom birth to young adulthood, society places a pre- mental health of young people. This means immediate mium on nurturing development to promote health, responses to provide safe, evidence-based mental health F wellbeing and productivity. While this has produced care at scale and with quality, and measures to turn off the gains in terms of physical health outcomes (e.g. lower tap of new cases by tackling known risk factors and child mortality rates), the mental health and wellbeing of harmful megatrends. young people, now the number 1 health threat to their First, the latter goal means that prevention, particularly lives and futures, has been largely neglected. during childhood and adolescence, must be a top pri- A growing wave of evidence has emerged that reveals the ority. We need to better understand why young people extent of this neglect in youth mental health. In Australia, across the globe

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Published: Jun 1, 2023

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