‘Young people are not snowflakes’ new report finds

• Young people are not experiencing mental health difficulties due to being overly sensitive; independent review evidence contradicts the "snowflake generation" narrative that may undermine clinical recognition of genuine conditions.
• ADHD and autism diagnoses in young people should be evaluated on clinical merit rather than dismissed as products of generational weakness, ensuring appropriate identification and management.
• Clinicians should be aware that societal dismissal of young people's mental health concerns risks delaying diagnosis and treatment of legitimate neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions.

Accusations that the young are a snowflake generation are wrong, the head of an independent review into mental health, ADHD and autism has told the BBC.

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