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Mental Health and Wellbeing Trends Among Children and Young People in the UK

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Academics analysed trends in mental health outcomes among children and young people over the last two decades.

Report Mental Health and Wellbeing Trends Among Children and Young People in the UK

Published by Psychological Medicine, September 2018

SUMMARY

Demand for counselling services, hospital admissions for self-harm, and referrals to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) have all increased significantly among children and young people in recent years. As there have been no detailed national studies into trends in the mental health of children and young people since 2007, academics at University College London, Imperial College London, the University of Exeter, and the Nuffield Trust decided to analyse trends in mental health outcomes among children and young people over the last two decades.

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