Young people in distress: the silent emergency

Since the covid-19 pandemic, the number of teenagers with mental health problems has exploded. In Belgium, one young person in five suffers from depression, sometimes leading to suicide. Elsewhere in the world, the situation is the same, as evidenced by a recent study by WHO, the World Health Organization, which deplores the fact that these disorders do not receive the attention they deserve. Why is it essential to treat these difficulties in adolescence?