After alerting on the state of young people’s mental health in November, Defender of Rights Claire Hédon appealed to Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, believing that the means implemented for the mental health of young people remain insufficient.
Call for quick action
The health crisis linked to the Covid-19 epidemic has led to an increase in depressive disorders and an insufficient psychiatric care. In a message addressed to Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne for the implementation of an emergency plan for the health mentality of young people. “While 2022 has been designated the European Year of Youth, the Defender of Rights, Claire Hédon, and her deputy, the Defender of Children, Eric Delemar, call on the Prime Minister to take full measure of the seriousness of the situation in which plunged many young people and to act quickly so that the mental health of young people is a priority”she wrote in a press release relayed by France info.
Dramatic situation
In her annual report on the rights of the child, Claire Hédon already warned in November about the state of youth mental health battered by the health crisis. According to Claire Hédon’s press release, the two years of epidemic waves have aggravated in a very worrying way the good development of the child as well as his best interests because of the lack of care for mental health disorders and breaches of rights. who as a result. “While the peak of adolescent hospitalizations in 2021 does not come down, the situation of some of these minors remains dramatic, as the care is sometimes unsuitable”continues the text.
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