800,000 children suffering mental health problems – watchdog report

More than 800,000 children are suffering from mental health problems, the first official estimate of the nation’s vulnerable minors reveals.
The report by the Children’s Commissioner for England also found that 580,000 young people – equivalent to the population of the city of Manchester – are receiving interventions from the state due to a range of causes from endemic parental unemployment to alcohol abuse.
Around 46,000 young people aged from 10 to 18 are also members of street gangs, while 1,200 children are newly identified as victims of modern slavery every year.
Officials at the arm’s-length statutory body last night said the “shocking” statistics were most likely a significant underestimate of the true scale of childhood vulnerability.’
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