- The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health report showed that mental illness is the primary risk to the health of young people. It accounted for 45% of all disease globally of those between 10-24 years old, but only 2% of global health budgets are allocated to addressing it. Trends driving psychological distress include intergenerational inequality, unregulated social media, wage theft, insecure employment, and the climate crisis. Psychiatrist professor Patrick McGorry said that this is the most serious public health problem we have, and if the rapid deterioration in health occurred in any other area like diabetes or cancer, there would be dramatic action taken by governments. Suicide is the leading cause of death in