A BRIGHTER TOMORROW: PRIORITIZING CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH IN PAKISTAN

  • Kiran Abbas
  • Jawed Akbar Dars

Abstract

Children are often described as the future, but seldom are they acknowledged as the present. In a nation where over 29% of its populace falls between the ages of 15 to 29, and a staggering 64% is below 30, children are not just our future; they are our today [1]. As Pakistan's population burgeons, expected to touch 280 million by 2030, with the youth constituting about 100 million of that number, it is crucial that we invest in their mental well-being

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Published
2023-09-28
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Abbas K, Dars JA. A BRIGHTER TOMORROW: PRIORITIZING CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH IN PAKISTAN. J Pak Psychiatr Soc [Internet]. 2023Sep.28 [cited 2024May2];20(03). Available from: https://www.jpps.pk/index.php/journal/article/view/291