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Today’s young people are facing challenges unimagined by previous generations. But amid their anxiety is a resilience that’s far too often overlooked.
Such wisdom for Ash to go while the going is good and give herself time to bask in the sun of her achievements. A pity some of her wisdom does not rub off on our pollies who are looking ever more grimaced and desperate as they look to the next election.
Professor Patrick McGorry is executive director of Orygen, the centre for youth mental health at the University of Melbourne, and a former Australian of the year.
More and more children and young adults are turning up in hospital emergency departments with urgent problems linked to deteriorating mental health.
An exclusive survey reveals 82 per cent of young Australians have experienced mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, with one in four having suicidal thoughts.