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BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
Volume 215, Issue 3, Pages 565-567Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2019.19
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Mental health; adolescence; risk factors
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- Big Lottery Fund
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care North Thames at Bart's Health NHS Trust (NIHR CLAHRC North Thames)
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Current mental health provision for children is based on estimates of one in ten children experiencing mental health problems. This study analyses a large-scale community-based dataset of 28 160 adolescents to explore school-based prevalence of mental health problems and characteristics that predict increased odds of experiencing them. Findings indicate the scale of mental health problems in England is much higher than previous estimates, with two in five young people scoring above thresholds for emotional problems, conduct problems or hyperactivity. Gender, deprivation, child in need status, ethnicity and age were all associated with increased odds of experiencing mental health difficulties.
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