School bullies have driven a 50% surge in the number of desperate young people seeking help from a specialist mental health unit in the past year. The Emotional Health Unit based at Mater's South Brisbane campus is now seeing 20 patients a month seeking help to deal with serious anxiety and depression linked to bullying. The centre treats adolescents and young adults aged 16 to 25 is calling on parents to look out for the signs of bullying during Queensland Mental Health Week (7-15 October). Natalie (surname withheld), an experienced educator based in Brisbane, said her family was in "crisis" when the Emotional Health Unit helped her 16-year-old son Parker.

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