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Showing posts with label mental health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mental health. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Nearly 1 In 7 US Kids And Teens Have A Mental Health Condition — Half Go Untreated, Study Says

Half of children with a mental health condition in the United States go without treatment, according to a new study published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

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Thursday, June 7, 2018

New study reveals gap in mental health services for at-risk kids

In a paper published in The Lancet Public Health this month, a University of South Australia (UniSA) research team has estimated a concerning gap in the workforce required to deliver tertiary-level community health care to infants, children, adolescents and their families across South Australia.


The world-first, needs-based study, funded by the NHMRC and SA Health and led by UniSA expert in the social determinants of health, Professor Leonie Segal, identified seven per cent of children (to age 18) in South Australia are suffering very high to extreme levels of distress.


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