Published on 03/12/2024 4:21 p.m.
Video duration: 10 min VIDEO. Salomé Saqué and her book “Be young and shut up” Journalist and author of the book “Be young and shut up”, Salomé Saqué explains to us why the mental health of young people is “a major public health problem”, which is not is “not taken seriously enough, particularly politically”. (Raw.)
Journalist and author of the book “Be young and shut up”, Salomé Saqué explains to us why the mental health of young people is “a major public health problem”, which is “not taken seriously enough, particularly politically”.
“Today, one in five young people have depressive disorders, according to a Public Health France survey. This is twice as much as in 2017” says Salomé Saqué, journalist and author of the book “Be young and shut up”, which has just been published in pocket format. For her, mental health among young people is “a major public health problem” which is not taken seriously enough, “particularly politically”. The journalist specifies that“Today, the youngest are in the minority in society. There are half as many 18-29 year olds as those over 60. So those who have the power, especially the economic power and the political power, are the oldest”.
“The problem is above all the policies they pursue which do not take into account the interests of young people”
Covid, economic crisis, eco-anxiety… There are many reasons for unhappiness among young people. “Eco-anxiety is a new phenomenon, which we had not observed before, because there were no climate change themes present in the public space. (…) Whether you are rich or poor, when you are young, you are more exposed to the consequences of global warming than when you are older. This was shown in particular in the latest IPCC report” declares Salomé Saqué. During Covid, the journalist recalls that young people were “sacrificed”. They were deprived of their “best years, (…) of all the structuring experiences (…) without anyone really being moved by it. And then they were asked to go back to their lives as if nothing had happened.”.
“The problem is above all the policies they pursue which do not take into account the interests of young people” says Salomé Saqué, who adds: “Since young people vote less than older people, when there is a choice to make, they do not come first. I am not in the heads of the leaders. intentions as a journalist, but I can only see that it is not electorally profitable to take care of young people. And that is extremely clear since there are twice as many people over 60 as those aged 18-29. So we cannot win elections with the votes of young people, especially since young people vote less”.
“What gave me a lot of hope was, during the book signings (editor’s note: “Be young and shut up”), seeing people who came with their parents, their grandparents , who exchanged books, who had real topics of discussion. So all is absolutely not lost. And I wouldn’t write a book like that if I didn’t have a real hope anchored in me in the fact that we could have a form of intergenerational union, a solidarity that redevelops, which goes against this individualism which is still latent in our society and which allows us to create a better society” concludes the journalist.
2024-03-13 03:34:26
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