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Podcast: New Thinking for a New World - a Tallberg Foundation Podcast
Episode: Africa’s Mental Health Emergency
Description: Dr. Olayinka Omigbodun addresses Africa’s urgent youth mental health crisis amid economic and social challenges.
It is trite, but true that youth are our future. Unfortunately, what is also true is that in most countries the mental health of young people has been declining over the past two decades, a decline that seems to have accelerated during and after COVID. Globally, one in seven 10 to 19-year-olds reportedly experience mental disorders. In turn, depression, anxiety, and behavioral issues are among the leading causes of illness, disability, and even suicide among adolescents.Â
What’s true globally is even more...