Council leaders have insisted they are 'committed to change' after a charity warned that 'devastating cuts were leading to a children's mental health crisis'. Research by Young Minds found that 60% of upper-tier local authorities in England had cut or frozen their children and adolescent mental health service budgets since 2010/11. Some 55% of councils that supplied data admitted they were cutting, freezing or increasing below inflation their budgets between 2013/14 and 2014/15. Deputy chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health, Andy Bell, said: 'Cutting early intervention services is a false economy that will leave children at risk.'
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机译：在一家慈善机构警告说，“毁灭性的裁员正在导致儿童的精神健康危机”之后，安理会领导人坚持认为他们“承诺改变”。 Young Minds的研究发现，自2010/11年以来，英格兰60％以上的上层地方政府削减或冻结了他们的孩子和青少年心理健康服务预算。提供数据的理事会中约有55％承认他们在2013/14至2014/15年度期间削减，冻结或将其预算增加至低于通货膨胀率。精神卫生中心副首席执行官安迪•贝尔（Andy Bell）表示：“取消早期干预服务是一种虚假的经济，会使儿童处于危险之中。”
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