Action for Children’s Policy and Campaigns team, speaking out for the UK's most vulnerable and neglected children and young people, for @actnforchildren
Oct 22, 2020 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Today, @NHSDigital have released the 2020 follow up to the 2017 survey into the #MentalHealth of children and young people in England.
👉files.digital.nhs.uk/CB/C41981/mhcy…
The prevalence of probable mental disorder among children and young people has increased by almost half (47.37 per cent) in just three years, from 1 in 9 children (10.8 per cent) in 2017 to 1 in 6 (16.0 per cent) this year.