Graphic Online BY: Dr Johnny Andoh-Arthur & Dora Awuah Category: Lifestyle 30.5k Shares 705 Globally, about 10 to 20 per cent of children and adolescents suffer mental health problems. Unfortunately, the majority of these problems remain undiagnosed and under-treated until later years. Multiple factors predispose young persons to varying degrees of mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety and psychosis. These conditions mostly manifest as emotional outbursts, truancy, social isolation and a decline in school performance. However, given the needed attention and care, mental health disorders among children and adolescents can largely be prevented. It is, therefore, imperative to create the needed awareness as a means of promoting and preventing childhood and adolescent mental disorders.