Taschi Talks Ep5 - Social Impact Bonds on Youth Mental Health. Is it ethical?

Taschi explores the ‘shadow’ pandemic of mental health issues for the youth of Victoria.

She highlights Dan Andrews link to mental health services provider Orygen and the World Economic Forum which in May 2020 launched “A Global Framework for Youth Mental Health: Investing in Future Mental Capital for Individuals, Communities and Economies’

Why are the government public health directives in Victoria so draconian that they are pushing youth to the brink? Is it to make markets $$$ for Impact Investors via Social Impact Bonds?

This podcast questions the ethics of a business model that requires broken youth to fix.

Links for today’s podcast https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/mental-health/mental-health-services-report-steep-increase-in-calls-since-pandemic-began/news-story/2aed5212047a62c55a947dfa6e5d7ec0 https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/latest-lockdowns-add-1b-to-mental-health-shadow-pandemic-20210822-p58kuz https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-shadow-mental-health-pandemic-spreading-among-victorian-children/a76ee214-c908-4948-9b80-8fa28904c1f8 https://www.socialventures.com.au/news/sva-launches-australias-first-social-impact-bond-mental-health-care/ https://www.orygen.org.au/ https://www.orygen.org.au/About/Orygen-Global/Global-framework-for-youth-mental-health https://www.orygen.org.au/About/Orygen-Global/Global-framework-for-youth-mental-health https://gospeakyourmind.org/return-individual-report

Orygen Annual Report 2018-2019

Orygen Annual Report 2019-2020

Orygen WEF investment framework

ROI_FullReport_0 – this one has the building blocks of society.