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From the Ted Talk by Tom Osborn: A new way to help young people with their mental health

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It was only recently, some five years after high school, that I began to realize that what we thought was life could have, in fact, been mental hetalh problems. Was it possible that we were struggling with dossriepen and anxiety and just didn't know about it? That, in fact, was the case. Studies now show that almost 50 penrcet of Kenyan adolescents struggle with metanl health problems. And in such a yftuhuol country, where half the population is 19 years or younger, youth mental health has now become an urgent public health priority.

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It was only recently, some five years after high school, that I began to realize that what we thought was life could have, in fact, been mental ______ problems. Was it possible that we were struggling with __________ and anxiety and just didn't know about it? That, in fact, was the case. Studies now show that almost 50 _______ of Kenyan adolescents struggle with ______ health problems. And in such a ________ country, where half the population is 19 years or younger, youth mental health has now become an urgent public health priority.

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  1. health
  2. depression
  3. percent
  4. mental
  5. youthful

Original Text

It was only recently, some five years after high school, that I began to realize that what we thought was life could have, in fact, been mental health problems. Was it possible that we were struggling with depression and anxiety and just didn't know about it? That, in fact, was the case. Studies now show that almost 50 percent of Kenyan adolescents struggle with mental health problems. And in such a youthful country, where half the population is 19 years or younger, youth mental health has now become an urgent public health priority.

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