Surge in number of children admitted to A&E for self-harm and mental illnesses The number of children diagnosed with mental illnesses has more than doubled in five years and cases of intentional self-harm have also surged.
Recently published figures show the figure of patients under 18 who went to A&E and were diagnosed with having a mental disorder has grown each year from just under 7,000 in 2010/11 to almost 15,000 in 2014/15. The Independent
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