UNITED NATIONS: YOUT MENTAL HEALTH Project
- Liviu Poenaru
- Mar 9
- 1 min read
Mar. 9, 2025
The Global youth mental health awareness (the project) was developed in response to the growing need to communicate and engage with professionals and the youth of the community, to the issues associated with Youth Mental Health and the stigma associated with those individuals who may seek help. One of the key outcomes is to ensure that positive psychology becomes a household term; that ensures the youth of our community are including and not discriminated against.
The Project is to ensure that unique people with the same agenda (that includes international political leaders, youth activists, community leaders, allied health professionals) are able to discuss the most crucial issues facing the domain of Youth Psychology. The Project focuses on youth psychology, child psychology and child mental health outcomes, by amalgamating youths, youth activists, NGO’s, community groups and allied health practitioners from across many diverse backgrounds and nationalities, given youth mental health is not defined to any one nationality.
Requirements
The World Health Organization states that “there is no health without mental health”, highlighting the association between mental and physical health.
• Unfortunately, one in four young people experiences a mental health condition; and suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged 15 to 24.
• One in seven young Australians experience a mental health condition. Breakdown: 13.9% children and adolescents aged 4-17 years experienced a mental disorder between 2013-14, which is equivalent to an estimated 560,000 Australian children and adolescents.
• Suicide is the biggest killer of young Australians and accounts for the deaths of more young people than car accidents. Breakdown: 324 Australians (10.5 per 100,000) aged
READ MORE:
Comentários