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Children's Psychological Crisis: Why More and More Teenagers Are Facing Mental Health Challenges?
As times change, mental health issues have received more and more attention from society. Especially among teenagers, the proportion of emotional distress and behavioral problems is increasing year by year. According to a report by the World Health Organization, one in seven young people aged 10 to 19 worldwide will face mental health challenges in 2021. Such figures make people wonder why our country's youth are in such a huge psychological crisis.
At the same time, data from 2023 points out that one in five children and teenagers in England may face mental health problems, a trend that has become increasingly apparent with the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic.
The UK's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) works to support young people from pre-school to university age. Whether it's mild emotional distress or severe behavioral disorders, these services hope to help young people and their families. Since 1995, CAMHS services have been divided into four tiers: the first is mental health promotion, the second is specialist treatment for common mental health problems, the third focuses on more serious disorders, and finally, the third tier focuses on more serious disorders. The fourth level is specialized services for extreme situations.
For example, tertiary services often consist of multidisciplinary teams that specialize in treating issues such as psychopathy, eating disorders and self-harm.
Yet as demand for these services continues to rise, many teens experience long waits to get the appropriate help they need. In November 2023, 239,715 young people in England were stuck waiting for assessment, exacerbating the situation for many young people.
Many new policies and practices are emerging in response to the mental health crisis. Due to long waiting times, teenagers often have to seek help from emergency rooms when they encounter psychological crises. This not only fails to solve the underlying problem, but also doubles the pressure on services. Effective crisis services require people to be informed and able to access appropriate services at all times.
Care for mental health crises is closely linked to the awareness of young people and their families, so it is crucial to get the right help during times of crisis.
Although the British government has increased funding for CAMHS in the past few years, there are still a large number of young people who do not receive timely mental health support. For children facing serious mental health issues, rapid access to help and friendly guidance from professionals is crucial to improving the situation.
When it comes to adolescent mental health issues, we not only need to pay attention to the availability of services, but we also need to understand the environmental factors behind this. For example, family support, school propaganda and the integration of social resources are all important factors affecting the mental health of adolescents. In today's society, changes in family structure, the rise of social media and the impact of the epidemic have all had a profound impact on the mental health of teenagers.
Looking back at history, the development of children's mental health problems in various countries started relatively late. With the rapid changes in society, professional mental health services are also in urgent need of following this change.
For adolescents who are about to enter adulthood, their psychological development and emotional regulation abilities are particularly fragile. Therefore, providing accessible mental health support is not only a need for individual physical and mental well-being, but also a shared responsibility of society as a whole. How to form synergy and jointly build a support system when dealing with adolescent mental health challenges will be a continuing issue in the future.
