There is a silent pandemic of worsening youth mental health nationally and globally. Our work is seeking to understand the causal factors and broader determinants and what can be done to improve youth wellbeing.
Seungyeon Kim, a research fellow at Koi Tū Centre for Informed Futures, says the reasons driving young people into stealing branded items could be complex.
Dr Jess Stubbing writes that recent comments on alcohol and mental health fly in the face of research and the perspectives of those with lived experience.
Listen to the podcast of Koi Tū research fellow Dr Jess Stubbing presenting at Raising the Bar with her talk 'Challenging our misconceptions about youth mental health.'
We’re pleased to see the report and recommendations 'Under One Umbrella: A report into integrated mental health, alcohol and other drug use care for young people in New Zealand' released this week.
Listening to what young people think about youth mental health is core to understanding why it’s such a big health challenge and how we can address it.