The findings have been released by the Future Minds campaign, which warns that the scale of the problem will impact economic growth unless action is taken, with employers facing losses of £24bn a year through lost productivity.
The campaign is backed by former Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield’s think tank the Centre for Young Lives, the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition and the charities Young Minds and Centre for Mental Health, and coincide with Children's Mental Health Awareness Week.
Better early help should be provided to prevent problems reaching crisis point, when more expensive in-patient care and emergency services help is required, campaigners also urge.
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