Isolation top mental health risk, say teens

YOUNG people believe isolation is the biggest threat to mental health and cite drink, drugs and peer pressure as the main problems they face as teenagers.

The findings are contained in a survey launched to mark the start of the HSE’s Let Someone Know campaign, aimed at encouraging young people to confide in others over mental health issues.

The campaign is backed by a new website – www.letsomeoneknow.ie – and television advertisements which began screening last weekend. Billboard advertisements will follow.