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Young women's mental health : the significance of gender-based violence as a key driver in young women’s disproportionate experiences of mental ill-health Kylie Maidment, Kate Jenkins and Matilda Houlihan
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TextPublication details: Melbourne, Vic : Prevention United, 2024Description: electronic document (27 pages) ; PDF fileSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: The youth mental health crisis and the epidemic of violence affecting young women are currently both topics of widespread media attention. However, even though experiencing violence is a known risk factor for poor mental health, these issues are rarely spoken about together. This policy brief was developed in consultation with the Prevention United Youth Advisory
Group (YAG) who believe that it is time to have an urgent conversation to highlight the effect(s) of gender-based violence on the mental health of young Australian women and to take steps to decrease the incidence of this salient risk factor. (From the paper). Record #8984
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The youth mental health crisis and the epidemic of violence affecting young women are currently both topics of widespread media attention. However, even though experiencing violence is a known risk factor for poor mental health, these issues are rarely spoken about together. This policy brief was developed in consultation with the Prevention United Youth Advisory
Group (YAG) who believe that it is time to have an urgent conversation to highlight the effect(s) of gender-based violence on the mental health of young Australian women and to take steps to decrease the incidence of this salient risk factor. (From the paper). Record #8984
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