Mentally, are young people really worse off? Or are they better at admitting they’re struggling?

By Sabrina Lenzen, Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics, The University of Queensland

Ask any parent, teacher or GP and they will tell you young people seem to be doing worse, mentally, than they used to.

National surveys back them up.

The share of Australians aged 16–24 reporting a mental health problem in the past year jumped from about 25% in 2007 to almost 40% by 2020–22.

In the United Kingdom, the proportion of people aged 17–19 with a “probable mental disorder” rose…

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