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The Landscape

Inspiring our community to reach into their hearts and pockets to ensure the mental health and wellbeing of WA children.

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  • One in seven young people aged 4 to 17 experience a mental health condition in any given year.
  • 13.9% of children and young people (aged 4 to 17 years) met the criteria for a diagnosis of a mental disorder in the last 12-months.
  • 6.9% of children and young people (aged 4 to 17 years) had suffered from an anxiety disorder in the past 12 months.
  • Only 31% of young women and 13% of young men with mental health problems had sought any professional help.
  • Suicide continues to be the leading cause of death for young Australians.
  • Students with mental disorders have lower levels of connectedness to school and engagement with school work.
  • The combination of mental disorders and socio-economic disadvantage compounds the impacts on academic achievement.
  • 1 in 4 parents do not know that their children have a mental disorder.

Many WA individuals have been assisted by the charity but in most recent times the charity has now decided to focus on the mental health and well being of young children and the care that they receive from the adults in their lives.

– PROFESSOR DAVID LAWRENCE, University of Western Australia