Canberra children as young as 12 seek mental health support under ACT lockdown
ABCFor Millie Moody, the past fortnight has felt like the same day on repeat. "I've also had friends try to go onto a mental health care plan to try to see a psychologist and they've told me there's months of waiting until they can even have their first appointment." "I think a lot of the heavy lifting for young people with mental illness at the moment is coming from other people our age, posting online and reaching out to friends." CatholicCare Canberra mental health programs manager Samantha Gill says she is seeing growing demand for services from young people. Samantha Gill is the mental health programs manager with CatholicCare Canberra and has seen a dramatic increase in young people struggling with mental illness during the territory's lockdown.
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