‘Frightening’ statistics on children’s mental health revealed in MPs' cross-party report
Nicole Weinstein
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
One in every seven primary school-aged children had a diagnosable mental illness in 2020 and 75 per cent of mental illnesses begin before the age of eighteen, research from The All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood has revealed.
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