Young People Will Transform Global Mental Health: A call to prioritize global action on mental health for young people On the 23rd of May 2019 the Young Leaders for the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development, in collaboration with the Mental Health Innovation Network, published a Policy Brief outlining key recommendations to… Read more »
Posts tagged: Moral participation
Representing My Mind Our Humanity in Portugal
On 24 January 2019 Claudia represented the young leaders group of the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health at the launch event of its Report in Lisbon, Portugal. She shares her experience below. “It was a truly amazing experience. I met people from all walks of life and found that we all have one… Read more »
Involving young people: an interview with Clara
Clara, a member of our young people’s advisory group (YPAG), took part in work experience in the summer 2018 to gain a greater insight into bioethics research. Clara attends a local school and is studying towards the European Baccalaureate. During the week Clara presented at the University of Oxford’s public engagement conference about the work… Read more »
Generation Z: “We are Young, Not Stupid”
Last year Giacomo Mazzariol, a 20-year-old Italian writer, was presenting his book in schools all over Italy, when he had the idea to develop a blog that could give “generation Z” (people born between 1995 and 2010) a space to have their voices heard. Indeed, although the school teachers he met described their students as… Read more »
The Complex Moral Life of Children
If life gives you lemons, make a lemonade stand Shortly before her first birthday, Alex Scott was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, the second most common type of cancer in childhood. This meant that Alex’s years to follow were not just benchmarked with learning new words, how to eat solids and all the basics of early development,… Read more »