Tag: Mental Health Crisis
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Perspective on Adolescent Mental Health

Globally, one in seven teenagers will have experienced some mental disorder. It’s a delicate period as most discover who they are and what they want to become. So, emotional disorders tend to be the most common. This is an alarming statistic and what is concerning is the approach we are taking to solving it. I’m…
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What is Creating the Rise in Mental Health Issues?

Over the last decade we are seeing an alarming rise of mental health problems in our population, particularly depression and anxiety. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that it is costing the global economy around $1 trillion per year. We must ask ourselves what is creating the rise? It appears to be a multi-factor…