Raising awareness of youth mental health

Mental health is a hot topic at the moment. Indeed, in the past few years there has been a greater focus on mental health conditions and how these can impact everything from people’s general wellbeing to their work, social lives and more.

However, whilst this is certainly a big step in the right direction in terms of awareness and understanding, often when there is a discussion about mental health it tends to focus on adults. But what about the mental health of children and young adults and the challenges this presents?

September 7 is Youth Mental Health Day 2021 in the UK, and a perfect opportunity to bring this issue into the spotlight. This awareness day has been created by stem4 – a charity that is dedicated to supporting positive mental health in teenagers and which provides education, early intervention and resilience strategies to those affected and their families.