Wow! What an amazing report from the team Prevention United. This is a must read for any one with an interest and concern about youth mental health. The findings aren't rocket science - young people's mental wellbeing is being smashed by a broad range of social and economic factors that they have little control over. While they are doing their best to look after their own mental wellbeing, what they really need is for the adults in the community to listen to what they are saying, and do something about the unprecedented social challenges they're dealing with. Good mental health is not a personal responsibility, it requires government leadership and collective action to create the types of home, school, workplace, online and community environments and the social and economic conditions that allow young people - and all of us - to flourish rather than flounder. Are our current political leaders up for the task? Let's see how they respond. Emma McBride Dr. Anne Aly Hollie Hughes Angie Bell Stephen Bates
Prevention United is pleased to release the results of our youth survey! Be part of the ripple – Listening to the voices that matter! The survey was designed by our youth advisory group (YAG) who wanted to reach out to other young Australians to find out the key factors that had the most positive and negative impact on their mental health and the things they thought that Government can do to help them with their mental health. A major outcome - concerns about social media were not in the top 10 for young people! To access the full report – please see: https://bit.ly/3CzoPi5. To provide feedback on this report, please go https://lnkd.in/g7hqivJg #youthmentalhealth #mentalhealth #youngpeople #mentalhealthpromotion #prevention Matilda Houlihan Kylie Maidment PROJECT ROCKIT ReachOut Australia Orygen