The Reality of Children’s Mental Health is Alarming
6
6 years old is the average age when anxiety and depression disorders begin.1
4,600
Adolescents commit suicide every year in the US as early as age 8.2
72%
The increase of anxiety or depression in children aged 6-17 years over the last 10 years.3
1. Merikangas, K., Hep, J., Burstein, M., Swanson, S., Avenevoli, S., Cui, L., Benejet, C…Swendsen, J. (2010). Lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in U.S. adolescents: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication--Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A). Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 49(10): 980-989. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2010.05.017. 2. http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pub/youth_suicide.html. 3. https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/data.html
