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Can Mental Health Awareness have unintended consequences?

All in the Mind

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Is There a Crisis in Mental Health?

Mental health is a tricky topic to discuss, especially with younger people. New figures show more young people have probable mental disorder now than five years ago. But 71% of 7 to 16-year-olds and 64% of 17 to 24-year-old were found to be unlikely to have a mental health problem. Are we living through a mental health crisis or is something more complex happening? Lucy Folks worries that too simplistic a picture can get painted by talk about mental health.

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