The guardian article:
Children's mental health:
- 2017 - children's commissioner for England found that 580,000 young people are receiving some form of social care or assistance with mental health problems.
- 1 in 10 children (3 in every class) has a diagnosable mental health problem.
- 75% of mental health problems in adults had their roots in childhood.
- Children's health problems include anxiety, depression, phobias and a growing number of children are self harming.
- Disorders are manifesting at an earlier age.
- 50% of mental health problems are established by age 14 and 75% by age 24.
Young Minds:
- Suicide is the most common cause of death for boys aged between 5-19 years, and the second most common for girls of this age.
- 1 in 12 young people self-harm at some point in their lives, though there is evidence that this could be a lot higher. Girls are more likely to self-harm than boys.
- 3 in 4 children with a diagnosable mental health condition do not get access to the support that they need.
- The average maximum waiting time for a first appointment with CAMHS is 6 months and nearly 10 months until the start of treatment.
- CAMHS are turning away nearly a quarter (23%) of children referred to them for treatment by concerned parents, GPs, teachers and others.
- Just 0.7% of the NHS budget is spent on children’s mental health and only 16% of this is spent on early intervention.
Mental illness costs the economy an estimated £105 billion a year.
CAMHS - Child and adolescent mental health services:
CAMHS are the NHS services that assesses and treat young people with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties. CAMHS support covers depression, problems with food, self-harm, abuse, violence or anger, bipolar, schizophrenia and anxiety, to name a few. There are local NHS CAMHS services around the UK, with teams made up of nurses, therapists, psychologists, support workers and social workers, as well as other professionals.
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