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It's #WorldMentalHealthDay.

DYK: Half of all #mentalhealth conditions start by 1️⃣4️⃣ years of age, but most cases are undetected and untreated.
WE ALL have a role to play in supporting adolescents 👧🏾🧒🏼👦🏿👩🏽 with their mental health bit.ly/2CzHeve #LetsTalk
Some adolescents are at greater risk of #mentalhealth conditions due to their living conditions, stigma, discrimination or exclusion, or lack of access to quality support and services bit.ly/2IgMdAY #WorldMentalHealthDay
Emotional disorders commonly emerge during adolescence.
In addition to depression or anxiety, adolescents with emotional disorders can also experience excessive irritability, frustration, or anger bit.ly/2IgMdAY #WorldMentalHealthDay
Globally, #anxiety is the 8⃣th leading cause of illness and disability among all adolescents.
#Depression is the 9⃣th bit.ly/2IgMdAY
#WorldMentalHealthDay
#Eatingdisorders commonly emerge during adolescence and young adulthood. Most eating disorders affect females more commonly than males bit.ly/2IgMdAY #WorldMentalHealthDay
It is estimated that 62,000 adolescents died in 2016 as a result of self-harm.
#Suicide is the third leading cause of death in older adolescents (15–19 years) bit.ly/2IgMdAY
Worried that your child is depressed?
Read this: bit.ly/2LuVa9y #WorldMentalHealthDay
By the time you finish reading this op/ed by @DrTedros and @ladygaga, at least six people will have killed themselves around the world.
It’s #TimetoAct!
bit.ly/2NxiRiO
#WorldMentalHealthDay
Promotion of #mentalhealth and wellbeing helps adolescents in building resilience so that they can cope well in difficult situations or adversities bit.ly/2IgMdAY
#WorldMentalHealthDay
Psychotropic medication should be used with great caution and should only be offered to adolescents with moderate-severe #mentalhealth conditions when psychosocial interventions prove ineffective bit.ly/2IgMdAY
#WorldMentalHealthDay
Prevention of mental distress and illness among adolescents and young adults begins with being aware of and understanding the early warning signs and symptoms of mental illness bit.ly/2CzHeve
#WorldMentalHealthDay #TimetoAct
We cannot achieve health and well-being without investing in promotion and prevention in mental health. It’s #TimetoAct!
#WorldMentalHealthDay #HealthForAll

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