National Statistics Online - Product - Mental Health of Children and Young People, Great Britain
Mental Health of Children and Young People, Great Britain
Product
Presents the findings of a survey of the health, development and emotional well-being of young people in Great Britain also known as CPM (Children's Psychiatric Morbidity). The survey was carried out between March and June 2004, further study is expected to continue until 2007.
The report describes the prevalence of mental disorders among 5 to 16-year-olds in 2004 and notes any changes since the previous survey in 1999. It also provides profiles of children in each of the main disorder categories; emotional, conduct, hyperkinetic and autistic spectrum disorders and (where the sample size permits) profiles of subgroups within these categories.