Increase in Mental Health Issues Among Teenagers in Sweden

The Compass

• Episode: Increase in Mental Health Issues Among Teenagers in Sweden
• Website: The Compass
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p035w97h/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:26:29
• Published: 2016-08-18 03:06

Despite Sweden's reputation as an ideal place to grow up, the mental health of its adolescents has become a public health concern, with more young people reporting problems and seeking psychiatric help. Is it down to a tougher economic climate, school stress, social media, so-called "curling parents"? Christopher Harding investigates and asks whether Sweden is struggling to strike a balance between good mental health awareness and the creation of a medicalized culture of vulnerability with young people hung up on everyday troubles and traumas, dwelling on their reactions as pathological. Producer: Keith Moore (A group of teenagers. Credit to IStock)