Cryptic crossword clue
Happy then, or poorly, youth’s beginning course of treatment 12

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word HYPNOTHERAPY

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "course of treatment" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case course of treatment = hypnotherapy.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does HYPNOTHERAPY mean?

HYPNOTHERAPY noun
  1. Treatment of disease by means of hypnotism.

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