Children’s Mental Health: A Holistic and Integrative Perspective

A critical review of the BBC article: “Teen mental health: When to seek help and what parents can do.”

The BBC’s recent article brings much-needed attention to the rising rates of anxiety, depression, and emotional distress among young people. It highlights the importance of open communication, emotional support, and timely access to mental health services. However, several limitations become apparent when viewed through a holistic, naturopathic, and functional medicine lens, especially its omission of nutrition, gut health, and lifestyle medicine, as practitioners and parents increasingly seek holistic solutions. These factors are now recognised as foundational pillars in both preventing and addressing mental health challenges in children and adolescents.

Read the fully-referenced article here.