Reasons for Investing in Mental Health in Latin America

El Pais

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In Latin America and the Caribbean, more than ten adolescents commit suicide every day. It is a fact that challenges them. Not because of their exceptionality, but because of their persistence. It illustrates one of the multiple consequences of the lack of sustained investment in mental health in the region. And although the issue has begun to appear on public agendas after the pandemic, efforts remain fragmentary, often reactive. Mental health …