Resilience interventions do work' why coping strategies should be a staple of education

The opportunity to intervene when problems are first emerging could circumvent so many challenges down the line and help people pivot towards a more adaptive direction.

With one-third of mental health conditions emerging before the age of 14 and half before the age of 18, early action is essential to enable children and young people to thrive.

The promise, and potential pitfalls, of resilience intervention may be found in the study of mindfulness training, which involves non-judgmental awareness of mental and bodily states.

I can't help wondering how much pain I could have avoided if I'd learned to manage my mental health better at a younger age, before my symptoms had developed.

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