Authors: McGorry, P. D., Mei, C., Dalal, N., Alvarez-Jimenez, M., Blakemore, S.-J., Browne, V., Dooley, B., Hickie, I. B., Jones, P. B., McDaid, D., Mihalopoulos, C., Wood, S. J., El Azzouzi, F. A., Fazio, J., Gow, E., Hanjabam, S., Hayes, A., Morris, A., Pang, E., Paramasivam, K., Nogueira, I. Q., Tan, J., Adelsheim, S., Broome, M. R., Cannon, M., Chanen, A. M., Chen, E. Y. H., Danese, A., Davis, M., Ford, T., Gonsalves, P. P., Hamilton, M. P., Henderson, J., John, A., Kay-Lambkin, F., Le, L. K.-D., Kieling, C., Mac Dhonnagáin, N., Malla, A., Nieman, D. H., Rickwood, D., Robinson, J., Shah, J. L., Singh, S., Soosay, I., Tee, K., Twenge, J., Valmaggia, L., van Amelsvoort, T., Verma, S., Wilson, J., Yung, A., Iyer, S. N., & Killackey, E.
Overview
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.
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