Medical Yoga Young & Mental Health module 1

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"How is it that children and young people have never had more knowledge about mental health, and yet they just get sicker and sicker? And how is it that children and young people have never received more confirmation, but are still so dissatisfied with themselves?"Quote Psychologist Line Warholm.

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The Youth Data report for 2022 shows that most young people agree that their lives are good and that they have what they want in life. But of these, 19% do not feel useful in the last week and 20% experience a lack of mastery of things in the last week. So what's on the outside is pretty good, but what's on the inside is difficult. The feeling that everything is a chore is what bothers young people the most, and many struggle with sleep problems and a feeling of low mood and sadness, says Warholm.

In the last 10 years, there has been an increase in the sale of antidepressants for all age groups, and in recent years there has been an increase in the younger age groups throughout the country.

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"The fact that everyone goes around psychologicalizing my generation doesn't make it any better. We have many battles to fight, more battles than many of you from other generations have had. But many of us need a little help.” Quote school student 16 years.

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In 2018, course instructor Anette Haugnæss and health nurse Anita Kleven delivered the master's thesis "Life has a bit of a dump like that, but it's psychologically normal. Mental health in secondary school." One of the findings was that the young people lacked techniques to deal with all the restlessness they felt in their bodies. Today we also know that self-harm has increased in scope.​