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Tackling the mental health crisis in our youth

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Santa Ono |

TEDxWestVancouverED

• September 2017

When I was 14, I locked himself in my bedroom and tried to overdose on cold medication and beer. I attempted suicide again in his late 20s. My case was far from unusual. Depression is so common among young people that it's fair to call it an epidemic. But it's an epidemic that can beaten.

health

When I was 14, I locked himself in my bedroom and tried to overdose on cold medication and beer. I attempted suicide again in his late 20s. My case was far from unusual. Depression is so common among young people that it's fair to call it an epidemic. But it's an epidemic that can beaten.

health

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