We cannot meet girls’ needs if we neglect their mental health. It's time to talk about the suicide epidemic among adolescent girls: WorldSuicidePreventionDay
But by and large, the global community has failed to understand and address the drivers of poor mental health among adolescents, and we have yet to understand how best to respond to their mental health needs.
There is some good news, in that global attention to these issues is increasing. The promotion of mental health and wellbeing was included in the recently-adopted United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and the World Health Organization’s Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan for 2013 to 2020 highlights steps toward recognizing and addressing suicide and self-harm worldwide.
As we move toward a new administration under a president who claims that “no one has more respect for women” than he does, we can only hope that the U.S. steps up to the task and works to address the gender inequalities that appear to be contributing to depression and suicide among adolescent girls and young women, both in the United States and around the world.
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