Mental Disorders Among Children

摘要

Annually, according to CDC data, 13% to 20% of children aged 12 to 17 years develop a mental disorder. The interaction of mental disorders with other factors can result in suicide, which in 2010 was the second leading cause of death in children in this age group. The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project reported that mood disorders were among the most common principal diagnoses for all hospital stays among children and accounted for an . 80% increase from 1997 to 2010 (jumping from 10 to 17 stays per 10,000 population).