53% rise in number of children having mental health crisis in UK, over 4 years - Politics Forum.org | PoFo

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This is from the UK:
The Royal College of Psychiatrists reported a 53% rise in the number of children in mental health crisis over the past four years.
"We cannot allow childhood mental illness to become the new norm" - RCPsych Press release, 7 February 2024
" In just four years, psychiatrists and their teams have seen a 53% increase in the number of children in mental health crisis, who need emergency support. This includes young people who are suicidal, severely depressed and who have an eating disorder. There were 32,521 referrals to CAMHS crisis teams in 2022/23, compared to around 21,242 in 2019/20.

Many of these children have experienced a deterioration in their mental health while on waiting lists, as over-stretched CAMHS teams struggle to meet record demand. According to recently reported NHSE data, under-18s who are waiting for follow-up after a GP's referral have already waited on average five months, and in the worst case, almost two years.
'It's unacceptable that so many children and young people are reaching crisis point before they are able to access care. We cannot allow this to become the new norm,' said Dr Elaine Lockhart, Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Child and Adolescent Faculty. "


This mirrors what has been going on in America.
related thread: Younger adult generation shows higher suicide rates amid rising financial pressures (in 'North America', 18 Jul 2023)


A 53 percent rise over just 4 years is rather shocking, I think we can all agree, and points to something being wrong.

I could speculate the reason this might be. Probably at least a part of it had to do with the Covid pandemic and shutdown, leading to many children not going outside as much, and taking away social interaction.
Then there could likely be economic effects, and the percentage of the childhood population with immigrant parents has drastically increased, so there may be more children growing up in households with financial stressors (perhaps even cultural stressors, since there can be some big cultural differences).
Then values have been changing, and the society has becoming increasingly irreligious, Christianity disappearing. I doubt this has so much of a direct effect on children but it could affect them through their parents, with fewer intact two-parent families.
And the recent "Transgender" phenomena among adolescents could be suspect as well, which has seemed to rather suddenly sweep over the society.
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