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Farid Farid

Cost of mental healthcare stacking up on troubled youth

Young people are paying higher prices for mental healthcare as they deal with soaring living costs. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Caring for mental health is hitting young people hardest in the hip pocket, with algorithmic social media bleeding into their lives and a cost-of-living crisis weighing on their wellbeing.

Those are the findings of a study by behavioural science non-profit System 2, which shows out-of-pocket costs increased by 80 per cent for young people in Australia accessing Medicare-subsidised mental health services.

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