The chapter explores the importance of equipping young people with mental health literacy and skills, and introduces a new ABC show called 'Mickey vs the World' that aims to teach these skills to tweens using humor. The main characters discuss the benefits of normalizing mental health conversations and reducing stigma.
Your teenage years can be tumultuous, but did you know that half of all mental conditions in adulthood emerge by the age of 14?
And on top of regular stressors like school and relationships, teens today have social media to contend with – and a little something called the global coronavirus pandemic.
On All in the Mind this week, we speak to experts – and teens – about how young people fared last year.