URL: Better support for youth mental illness
Paula Bennett | Social Development
Youth workers trained to recognise mental health issues will be put into selected secondary schools and Youth One Stop Shops as part of the National-led Government’s youth mental health package, says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. The package, announced today by Prime Minister John Key, will significantly improve the way the Government deals with young people who have mental health problems. “I am delighted to be putting specially-trained youth workers into schools to work alongside nurses to help our young people,” says Ms Bennett...
