Welcome to #ayemind at #dcs16 Presented by Irene Mackintosh, but through the brilliant support of Dr Trevor Lakey, Health Improvement and Inequalities Manager – Mental Health, Alcohol and Drugs, GGCNHS @ayemind99 Digital Resources for Youth Mental Health
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Welcome to #ayemind at
#dcs16Presented by Irene Mackintosh, but through the brilliant support of Dr
Trevor Lakey, Health Improvement and Inequalities Manager – Mental
Health, Alcohol and Drugs, GGCNHS
@ayemind99
Digital Resources for Youth Mental Health
The case for action on young people’s
mental health – “a moral obligation”
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“Young people not only have the highest incidence and prevalence of mental illness
across the lifespan, they manifest the worst service access of any age group”
British Journal of Psychiatry, 2013
Potential of Digital Solutions
Evidence shows digital resources may play major role with unmet mental health needs for young people.
“There is a very strong evidence base supporting the role of technologies
and the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of e-mental health solutions,
and yet that evidence is not necessarily translated to practice and policy.”
– Young and Well Collaborative Research Centre, Australia