Young people from single-parent families, low-income families and with unemployed parents are more likely to suffer from poor mental health, according to the Office for National Statistics' mental health survey.
In 2004, one in 10 young people had a "clinically recognisable" mental disorder, according to the report, rising to one in five in families where neither parent works, compared with one in 25 where both work.
Dinah Morley, deputy director of youth mental health charity Young Minds, described the survey as "a wake-up call". She said: "There are implications for youth workers, because a vast majority of them have had no training in mental health."
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