A guide outlining the prevalence, needs and barriers in Children's Mental Health:
Prevalence & Need
- Mental Illness and disorders affect 1 in 5 children during the course of a year. These children and teens have a diagnosable mental disorder.
- Severe mental illness that causes functional impairment affects 1 in 10 of our children and teens.
- Although mental illness and disorders affect so many of our children and teens aged 6 to 17, 79% of them do not receive mental health care.
- Of all youth who are diagnosed with a mental illness, 1 in 8 has co‐occurring substance abuse problems.
- Eighty percent of people with multiple mental health and substance abuse disorders report onset before age 20.
