Resources

Produced by the Young Leaders for the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development, this Policy Brief embodies the principles of Youth participation and calls policy makers to action with key recommendations to prioritise global action on mental health for young people.

These resources are outputs from the Global ministerial Mental Health Summit that took place between the 9th and 10th of October in London. While the recommendations are for ministers, the declarations summarise the commitments that were made during the landmark event.

This report details how to create opportunities and raise voices of adolescent girls in humanitarian settings.

This report highlights nine important Canadian studies that underscore the cost offsets of investing in evidence-based approaches.

This thematic paper reviews the links between mental disorders and other chronic diseases as well as service delivery programmes that have integrated the treatment of mental disorders with other chronic diseases.

Young people matter. They matter because an unprecedented 1.8 billion youth are alive today, and because they are the shapers and leaders of our global future. They matter because they have inherent human rights that must be fulfilled. Yet, in a world of adult concerns, young people are often overlooked. This tendency cries out for urgent correction, because it imperils youth as well as economies and societies at large.

Interactive map of youth polices undertaking in collaborating with the UNESCO Youth-led Social Innovation Team