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Episode 38: Communicating with Youth Experiencing Depression or Suicidality
August 17th, 2019 | Season 1 | 21 mins 18 secs
communicating with youth experiencing depression or suicidality
Despite the increasing awareness around mental illness, it continues to be the single most disabling group of disorders. According to the World Health Organization, it affects youth, and specifically teen females, particularly hard. It is estimated that between 10 and 20% of Canadian youth are affected by a mental illness and approximately 5% of male youth and 12% of female youth have experienced a major depressive episode. This indicates that over 3 million teens in Canada today, between the ages of 12 and 19, are at risk of developing depression.