Exploring Mental Health Issues in Teenagers: Causes and Interventions

This essay provides a comprehensive overview of mental health issues affecting teenagers, exploring the various reasons behind these issues, including stress, anxiety, trauma, and social factors. It highlights the importance of addressing mental health as a national priority, especially among young people who are vulnerable to depression and other mental health disorders. The essay discusses the behaviors exhibited by depressed teenagers, such as withdrawal and substance abuse, and emphasizes the need for early intervention. It also outlines several intervention strategies, including cognitive behavioral therapy, psychotherapy, and lifestyle changes, such as balanced diet and regular exercise. Furthermore, the essay touches on the interrelation between physical health and mental health, underscoring the importance of family support and effective communication in managing and preventing mental health issues among teenagers. The conclusion emphasizes the significance of understanding the causes of mental health problems and implementing effective strategies to support young people facing these challenges.

INTRODUCTION
Mental health refers to behavioural, cognitive along with emotional wellbeing. It includes
how people think, behave and feel. This is the own in which people may face different issues
like depression, anxiety, substance disorder and many more. Mental illness can lead to change
in individual behaviour which can have high impact on their lifestyle and regular behaviour.
This can also have high negative impact on performing different tasks which are associated
with their daily life. Here, teenagers are the target audience who are highly affected through
the mental illness. There is need to take care about the issue and essential to find the reason of
mental health issues which can lead to create high impact on individual behaviour. In this,
there is discussion about the mental health and its reason (Ridout & Campbell, (2018)). There
is also need to ensure about individual mental health. There is also discussion about different
measures which can be effective to provide better health impact to individual with mental
health.
Why mental health is nation priority
There are large number of people are facing depression, anxiety and different
mental health related disorder which can creating the risk of higher burden on the healthcare
services. This is increasing every year which also affecting the normal population. There are
many teenagers who are facing mental illness due to their personal life, education life, love
life and many more (Roberts, (2018)).
Mental health and teenagers
Mental health includes emotional, social wellbeing and psychological wellbeing. This is the
one which can influence individual about performing task and think in different way. Mental
health can be good or bad which can impact individual lifestyle which can lead to create high
impact on individual behaviour. There are large number of teenagers who are getting affected
through the mental illness.
Teenagers are highly exposed to the mental illness which is due to not having proper
development. There are larger number of reason which may lead to create negative impact on
individual mental health (Iorfino et. al., (2022)). There can be various small reasons which are
not even countable as adults. These reason may include getting scolded by elders, not getting
chance to dance, not able to meet their friends and others which can have high negative
mental health impact on teenagers or young people.
There can be also some other reason like any trauma or any abuse or incident which has the
potential to change in their behaviour or can be fearful. Every individual should possess good
metal health that can be achieved through getting care from childhood that can enable them to
take care about the good health and can have high impact on individual behaviour and their
lifestyle. This leads to cause depression within teenagers.
Health issues and mental health
Mental illness includes bad mental health which also known as the health disorders
which may include wide range of health condition. These health condition may include
depression, mood swings, thinking, individual behaviour, anxiety disorder, depression, eating
disorder, schizophrenia, additive behaviour and many more. Health issues and mental health
are interrelated (Reaume et. al., (2021)).
When any individual face stress due to any reason that may lead to create negative health
impact on individual. Mental illness also leads to create risk of substance use and may lead to
create high risk of getting violent behaviour. People with mental illness can also lead to create
risk to harm other or self which should be taken in consideration to improve better and
effective role in getting better care. There are various issues related with mental health which
can lead to create high impact on individual behaviour and their lifestyle. These mental health
issues may include depression, eating disorder, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress
disorder, substance abuse disorder, psychotic disorder like schizophrenia.
Young people are highly exposed to mental illness. Young people are higher at risk of facing
mental illness due to various reasons during their life. They are very emotional at this time
and not having proper understanding to handle the situation and learning about how to react at
different situation may also lead to create mental health impact (Ridout et. al., (2018)).
Reason of mental illness
There is various reason of individual bad health which can lead to create high impact on individual health.
Mental health includes different reason which lead to create high impact of individual which can lead to create negative
health impact on individual. Individual may face bad mental health which can be due to various reasons that may include
stress, anxiety, trauma, childhood abuse, any accident, neglect.
Young people face various issues in their life which can be family issue, love life problems and others. This can negatively
impact individual lifestyle and their behaviour which includes various reasons like getting any trauma, childhood abuse,
neglect, discrimination, social isolation, stigma including racism. This is the one which can be there due to facing difficulty
on regular basis (Arslan et. al., (2021)).
There are some of the other causes which can lead to create bad mental health and create mental illness. This
may include social disadvantages, poverty, debt, severe or long-term stress, having long-term physical health condition, any
trauma, harassment, any fearful activity or accident and many more.
What teenagers do during depression
When teenager get depressed they are the one who are not getting active and perform different activity in which
they are interested. Here, they like to get withdrawal, not contacting with their peers, not having meal at time or for longer
time. They also not getting out of their room for longer, crying and living in dark which are not good for them. They start to
take alcohol and use of drugs which are not good for their health.
Intervention
There are larger number of young people are facing mental health issues which need to take in consideration and
ensure about taking care through reducing the impact of mental illness within young people. There is also need to take care
about the effectiveness of the reason which can cause and lead to mental health issues. In this, there is need to take some
measures which can be effective and allow to take care about the improve mental health (O'Connor et. al., (2021)).
There are some of the intervention which can help to deal with the problem of mental health issues that may
include cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), psychotherapy, trauma therapy, dual
diagnosis treatment, medication evaluation and management.
There are also some of the intervention strategies which can be associated with reducing mental health illness
within young people. This may include social skill learning, meditation, acceptance, commitment, interpersonal
psychotherapy, training, resilience, forgiveness programs and many more.
Young people may focus on their good physical health and should ensure about taking balanced diet and take
regular exercise. This can be helpful in reducing the risk of issues related with mental health. They should also provide
some time for entertainment, freedom to play outdoor or indoor. There is also need to ensure about getting better self-care.
There is need to learn about dealing with stress and provide peace to mind (Jung et. al., (2020)).
Family should take care about diet plan and ensure about proper communication with young people who are
facing different physiological changes along with biological changes which have also impact on their mental health. In such
situation, there is need to ensure about taking care about their changing behaviour and providing self-counselling and
effectively communicating with them can help to get better and effective response to avoid the risk of issues related with
mental health.
Therapy and medication can also help to young people with mental health illness. These can be effective to
reduce the negative health impact and help in dealing with better help to reduce and mange disorder (Fung et. al., (2019)).
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion, it can have concluded that there are large number of young people who are facing mental health
related issues within their life. This may include depression, anxiety, eating disorder, substance abuse and many more.
There can be various reason behind facing mental health issues within young people which should be taken in consideration
and need to use different strategy and intervention that can help to get better help in avoid the risk of mental health issue
and get over through effectively. In this, there is discussion about reason and cause of mental health issues. There is also
discussion about intervention of mental health issues which can help to reduce the cases of mental health issues within
young people.
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