Whitecoat in the AFR

One in 13 Australian children aged 11 to 17 suffers from major depression. Yet up to 70 per cent of people reporting symptoms of depression will not seek treatment, a factor contributing to Australia's rising suicide rate.

Asthma is a major non-communicable disease characterized by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing. It is a chronic disease of the air passages of the lungs which inflames and narrows them.