by Newsbreak Senior Producer, Taresh Harreeparshad - Don't call me resilient"- That's an overwhelming view of many young South Africans ahead of World Mental Health Awareness Day tomorrow. This is due to the high rate of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). In fact national statistics suggest that 1 in 3 young South Africans are NEET. They claim that calling them resilient enables a culture where they have to soldier on despite the societal problems that exist. Professor Linda Theron is from the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria. She says the mental health of young people is dependent on how much society supports them...

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