A global report investigating the mental health of children and teenagers is calling for urgent funding to help children, and New Zealand is not immune.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Professor, Sally Merry, lead researcher who worked on SPARX, said new tools such as SPARX would offer young people help even if they struggled to access in-person care, or as a preventative measure.

Full article:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/300423502/medication-alone-not-enough-to-treat-mental-health-issues-in-kiwi-kids-unicef-warns

UNICEF report:

https://www.unicef.org.nz/stories/poor-mental-health-in-children-and-young-people-cannot-be-ignored-unicef

Find out more about SPARX:

https://www.sparx.org.nz