Children and Teen Mental Health Statistics
- 1 in 5 children age 13-18 have, or will have a mental illness
- 20% of youth ages 13-18 live with a mental health condition
- 11% of youth have a mood disorder
- 10% of youth have a behavior or conduct disorder
- 8% of youth have an anxiety disorder
- 50% of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14 and 75% by age 24
- The average delay between onset of symptoms and intervention is 8-10 years
- Approximately 50% of students age 14 and older with a mental illness drop out of high school
- 70% of youth in state and local juvenile justice systems have a mental illness
- Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death in youth ages 10 - 24
- 90% of those who died by suicide had an underlying mental illness
National Institute of Mental Health Retrieved June 29, 2018, from https://www.nimh.nih.gov/
