The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health

Patrick D. McGorry, Cristina Mei, Naeem Dalal, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Sarah Jayne Blakemore, Vivienne Browne, Barbara Dooley, Ian B. Hickie, Peter B. Jones, David McDaid, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Stephen J. Wood, Fatima Azzahra El Azzouzi, Jessica Fazio, Ella Gow, Sadam Hanjabam, Alan Hayes, Amelia Morris, Elina Pang, Keerthana ParamasivamIsabella Quagliato Nogueira, Jimmy Tan, Steven Adelsheim, Matthew R. Broome, Mary Cannon, Andrew M. Chanen, Eric Y.H. Chen, Andrea Danese, Maryann Davis, Tamsin Ford, Pattie P. Gonsalves, Matthew P. Hamilton, Jo Henderson, Ann John, Frances Kay-Lambkin, Long K.D. Le, Christian Kieling, Niall Mac Dhonnagáin, Ashok Malla, Dorien H. Nieman, Debra Rickwood, Jo Robinson, Jai L. Shah, Swaran Singh, Ian Soosay, Karen Tee, Jean Twenge, Lucia Valmaggia, Therese van Amelsvoort, Swapna Verma, Jon Wilson, Alison Yung, Srividya N. Iyer, Eóin Killackey

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Abstract

Mental ill health, which has been the leading health and social issue impacting the lives and futures of young people for decades, has entered a dangerous phase. Accumulating research evidence indicates that in many countries, the mental health of emerging adults has been declining steadily over the past two decades, with a major surge of mental ill health driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, the measures taken to contain it, and its aftermath. This alarming trend signals a warning that global megatrends (major, long-lasting societal changes such as environmental, social, economic, political, or technological changes) and changes in many societies around the world in the past two decades have harmed the mental health of young people and increased mental ill health among them.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)731-774
Number of pages44
JournalThe Lancet Psychiatry
Volume11
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2024

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