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Study links environment and youth mental health
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A new University of Canterbury-led study of almost 1 million young people in New Zealand shows the environments they live in may be linked to their mental health over time. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) researcher Dr. Lukáš Marek, in the School of Ear
A new University of Canterbury-led study of almost 1 million young people in New Zealand shows the environments they live in may be linked to their mental health over time. Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) researcher Dr. Lukáš Marek, in the School of Earth and Environment, says the findings add important evidence to conversations about how communities, neighborhoods and cities are planned.
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