'Crisis doesn’t stop at 5pm on a Friday': Young people talk about mental health challenges

We hear a lot about youth mental health from adults. But what do teenagers and young adults really experience? They tell Health Correspondent Niamh Griffin
'Crisis doesn’t stop at 5pm on a Friday': Young people talk about mental health challenges

Hunter Cox plans to study psychology, and said: 'I want to help people get those services because I feel there is definitely not enough people working in those services to actually help people that need it the most.' Photo: Gareth Chaney

We hear a lot about youth mental health from adults. But what do teenagers and young adults really experience?

In a series of conversations, four young people shared how they got through a mental health crisis and how others should be helped. 

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