A leading youth mental health expert has pushed back at the suggestion that three quarters of adolescents in Australia have been anxious or depressed. 

While it's agreed rates of both conditions are rising among young people, there are ways to improve services so more people can access support. 

Guest/s

• Professor Pat McGorry, executive director of Orygen and Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne

References

• National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing 2020-2022
• The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health