Life can be difficult at times for many reasons and this has always been the case. However young people today face additional challenges associated with the modern world and they may benefit from support to navigate these. Although we can look for a particular event to have effected a young person’s mental health this may not always be the case. Sometimes the experience of living in our society, with all of the expectations and pressures that go hand in hand with this, can be enough to impact in a negative way upon mental health. Often young people can feel very alone in their experiences of feeling this way. Support from those around us is important at times like this and it may be that we as parents/carers need to start this conversation if we are becoming worried in any way.
Click here for Washington Mind’s mental health factsheet for parents/carers for information on; understanding mental health is, what can impact mental health, signs to watch out for when someone is struggling, how to support young people, what can help and when extra support may be needed.
Click here to visit our parents/carers section of wellbeinginfo where you can find out more on young people’s mental health, sexual health, self-harm, bullying and more.
