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Record 420,000 children in England treated for mental health problems

Experts say many others are denied help, and ‘relentless’ rise in demand could overwhelm NHS

  • Analysis: evidence of a crisis is stark
  • A child psychiatrists on leaving CAMHS

More than 400,000 children and young people a month are being treated for mental health problems – the highest number on record – prompting warnings of an unprecedented crisis in the wellbeing of under-18s.

Experts say Covid has seriously exacerbated problems such as anxiety, depression and self-harm among school-age children and that the “relentless and unsustainable” ongoing rise in their need for help could overwhelm already stretched NHS services.

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