Mental health problems among young people
The current publicity surrounding the suicide rate among young people has bought mental health issues back into the news. A recent article in the Guardian highlights the fact that data on suicides among young people is ‘unrealistic’ (due to the number of attempts that fail and the inaccurate recording of suicides by coroners due to lack of evidence) and that “Bridgend does not deserve to be demonised - just to get better counselling facilities”
Steve Walker, from Anglia Ruskin University says, “What is being obscured in the current publicity is the sheer scale of mental health problems in children and young people which is being denied, avoided and neglected by adults, leading them to feel hopeless and helpless, and left to contemplate a devastating final act of desperation”.