This webinar is hosted in partnership with the National Family Support Technical Assistance Center, the African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, and the E4 Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Disparities in Aging. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion on how behavioral health care providers can use language to create a more inclusive and respectful environment for families, older adults, African Americans, and LGBTQ+ populations. Presenters will then introduce a combined language guide that outlines outdated language, updated language, and why these changes matter. Moira O’Neil of the Framework Institute will open the webinar by providing an overview of the evidence behind the impact of language.

This is especially true for words used to describe the experiences of people living with mental illness and substance use challenges. The words we use matter, as they have the potential to be both empowering and harmful. It is designed to be used on a desktop computer using Adobe Reader 8.1 or above, available for free here.Language is a powerful tool that shapes how we see the world and other people. The user can switch the different domains and context factors on and off to see how the factors interact and develop over a young person’s life. It also allows the user to look at socio-historic context by factoring in Covid-19, migration, colonisation and intergenerational trauma. It maps multiple factors across eight broad areas, including biology, contextual, digital, economic, education, family, peer and personal domains. The infographic covers three life stages – early childhood, childhood and adolescence. Physical activity releases chemicals, such as endorphins. Stay active and exercise, even if it’s just going for a walk. Try to spend time with friends or family, even if you don’t feel like you want to. To understand how these factors work together to influence youth mental health, visit our interactive infographic. Depression can be treated with psychotherapy (also called talk therapy), medication, or a combination of medication and talk therapy. Such factors as colonisation, migration, intergenerational trauma and the Covid-19 pandemic can also have an influence. We give young people the facts about smoking, vaping, nicotine and the tobacco industry, engage individuals and groups to make change in their communities, innovate ways to end nicotine addiction and join forces with collaborators committed to a future where tobacco and nicotine addiction are a thing of the past. No young person’s mental health is the result of any single factor but rather the complex ways these interact and overlap. Over 4,500 children aged 9-17 were surveyed. Young people with disabilities may find it much harder to access the support they need to thrive. A new report ‘Mental health shapes my life’: COVID-19 & kids’ wellbeing published in 2022 by the Australian Human Rights Commission details the findings of a project exploring children and young people’s experiences of COVID-19 and the effect it has had on their mental health and wellbeing. For example, rangatahi Māori, Pacific and migrant youth may experience racism and discrimination that affects their mental health. Others still might experience unsupportive environments or family violence where their household could harm their mental health.ĭepending on a young person’s identity(ies), these factors may influence them very differently. For others, limited support might mean they do not experience the positive mental-health benefits of family.

For example, supportive family members in the home environment can be protective for young people’s mental health. Other factors might play a much bigger role in the lives of adolescents – for example, the challenges of transitioning from secondary school.ĭepending on how young people experience these influences, their mental health may be protected or they may be more likely to experience mental-health challenges. Mental Health Worksheets & Handouts Mental Health Center Kids. Some factors are introduced very early in a young person’s life – for example, brain development begins prenatally and continues throughout childhood and adolescence. They say a cross-sector approach to supporting youth mental health is needed. The authors, Dr Jess Stubbing, Teina Rihari, Dr Anne Bardsley and Sir Peter Gluckman, identify some of the many factors that might influence a young person’s development and mental well-being. Two extreme nutritional issues during adolescence are obesity and eating disorders, both of which can have negative physical and psychological effects on youth. Media release: Cross sector approach needed for youth mental health This report and the accompanying infographic highlight how youth mental health challenges develop over time and the interlinking factors that contribute.ĭownload report: Exploring factors influencing youth mental healthĭownload infographic: Youth Mental Health Infographic What we know and don’t know about the determinants of young people’s mental health.

Youth mental health infographic