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About 7% of children have attempted suicide by the age of 17 and almost one in four say they have self-harmed in the past year, according to a paper in the British Journal of Psychiatry, and experts say the figures could rise as a result of the pandemic.
The figures come from analysis of the millennium cohort study, which follows the lives of about 19,000 young people born at the start of the millennium in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The report says that when the 17-year-olds from the cohort were asked if they had ever hurt themselves âon purpose in an attempt to end your lifeâ, 7% replied yes. When asked if they had self-harmed during the previous year, 24% responded that they had.
‘Can’t come soon enough’: Black man who was sectioned responds to Mental Health Act reforms
REFORM: Proposed changes to the Mental Health Act derive from a independent 2018 review (Image: via Getty Images)
THE MENTAL Health Act is to undergo landmark reforms in an effort to tackle the inequalities faced by black, Asian and minority ethnic individuals.
The announcement follows new data by NHS England which reported that black people are more than four times more likely to be detained under the act, and more than 10 times more likely to be subject to a community treatment order.
23-year-old Tom , from London, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder eight years ago and believes that the changes to the act can’t come soon enough.
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