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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ella Pickover and Aine Fox

Not a ‘snowflake generation’: Experts identify three factors harming young people’s mental health

Young people are facing a "lack of hope" that their lives will be better than their parents "for the first time since the Second World War", experts warned after reporting a rise in mental health problems.

Professor Peter Fonagy, chairman of a new review into mental ill-health, warned of a "turning point" that society must address as more young people feel "they’re going to have a future that’s less hopeful than their parents".

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