Youth mental health in the news

Teenage school friends smiling to camera, close up

Sir Peter discusses the silent pandemic of worsening youth mental health, in light of a new Weekend Herald investigation on the dire state of child and adolescent mental health services across the motu.

New Zealand Herald: Sir Peter Gluckman warns of ‘overwhelming’ new pandemic of mental health problems in children and teens

Newstalk ZB: Sir Peter Gluckman: We have never really gotten to the bottom of why this is occurring (audio interview)

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