World Economic Forum January 21, 2020
- With 75% of mental health challenges starting in adolescence, young people are leading the way in youth mental health treatment, services and support;
- Nationally led but globally united initiatives are creating real change in the levels of support provided for mental ill-health and at a policy level;
- The World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers community’s Speak Your Mind campaign calls on all countries to increase financing and public education for mental health, and ensure quality systems of care.
The global movement to tackle the mental health crisis gained significant momentum in 2019. Leading this movement are young people from all over the world, themselves experts by experience of all types of mental ill-health.