Social Environments and the Emotional Wellbeing of Young People
You are in an archived section of the AIFS website
There are growing concerns about current rates of adolescent depression and youth suicide. This article discusses the work of the Centre for Adolescent Health's Gatehouse Project which highlights the significance of social environments on young people's mental health, and outlines school based approaches to the promotion of emotional well being. The framework proposed has relevance to other settings and challenges the reader to consider how to extend preventive action across the community.
You are in an archived section of the Australian Institute of Family Studies website. Articles in this issue of Family Matters are only available as PDF documents and do not meet the latest web accessibility standards. If you are unable to access any of the articles in this issue of Family Matters please contact us and we will endeavour to provide the article/s you need in a format that you can use.
Published
2 April 1998
Content type
Family Matters article