Alarming' surge in mental ill health among young people in face of unprecedented' challenges, experts warn
Briefly

Intergenerational inequality, unregulated social media, wage theft, insecure employment, and climate crisis drive alarming surge in youth mental health issues worldwide, states health experts.
Only 2% of global health budgets allocated to mental healthcare, with even wealthy nations addressing less than half the need, warns The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health.
Economic neoliberalism leads to fragmentation of society, as individualism and competition destroy social bonds and public welfare, empowering harmful industries, according to psychiatrist Prof Patrick McGorry.
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