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Fiocruz study: young Brazilians have the highest mental health admission rates and the lowest help-seeking rates

Indigenous youth face elevated suicide risk; young men lead admissions for substance use.

Fundação Oswaldo CruzRio de JaneiroDecember 9, 20258 min read

A Fiocruz analysis covered by G1 finds that adolescents and young adults in Brazil are simultaneously the population most often hospitalized for mental health crises and the population least likely to seek help through primary care. The study breaks the data down by race, gender, and region.

Two findings stand out: substantially higher suicide risk among Indigenous young people, and young men driving hospitalizations for substance-use disorders. The authors call for primary care to be made more reachable and culturally relevant for these groups.

Read the Fiocruz announcement (in Portuguese) for the full methodology and breakdowns.

Read the original at Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

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