Youth mental health now in 'global crisis', according to study

The study, published by The Lancet Psychiatry Journal and titled the Commission on Youth Mental Health, finds the overall need for mental health support for people in this age bracket has jumped 50% over the past two decades. Picture: Anna Gowthorpe/PA

The mental health of young people is now in “global crisis”, according to the authors of a new study, who are calling for the problem to be made an “international health priority”.

Mental illness now accounts for 45% of the overall burden of disease internationally in people aged between 10 and 24, the latest research has found.