The number of children with certain types of mental health disorders has more than doubled in the past 30 years, with a million experiencing problems at any one time in England, doctors’ leaders warned yesterday. About one in 10 children will experience a clinically recognised mental health disorder between the ages of one and 15, says the report by the British Medical Association’s board of science.

Factors such as the decline of the family, alcohol abuse and diet are cited as potential causes of the rise.
guardian.co.uk

‘Clinically recognized’ aka ‘treated’ with pharmaceuticals, of course. Kids are the canaries in the coal mine.

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