May 7-13 is Children's Mental Health Awareness Week.
Here are 16 statistics to know about children's mental health, according to the CDC:
- One in 6 children in the U.S. between 2 and 8 have been diagnosed with a mental, behavioral or developmental disorder.
- Nearly 8 in 10 children with depression have received treatment.
- Six in 10 children with anxiety have received treatment.
- More than 1 in 5 children living 100 percent below the poverty line have a mental, behavioral or developmental disorder.
- More than 5 in 10 children with behavioral disorders have received treatment.
- 9.8 percent of children in the U.S. (6 million) have been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
- 9.4 percent of children in the U.S. (5.8 million) have been diagnosed with anxiety.
- 8.9 percent of children in the U.S. (5.5 million) have been diagnosed with "behavior problems."
- 4.4 percent of children in the U.S. (2.7 million) have been diagnosed with depression.
- 3 in 4 children with depression also had anxiety.
- 1 in 2 children with depression also had "behavior problems."
- 15.1 percent of adolescents reported experiencing a major depressive episode.
- 36.7 percent of adolescents reported persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness.
- 4.1 percent of adolescents reported having substance use disorder.
- 18.8 percent of adolescents reported seriously considering suicide.
- 8.9 percent of adolescents reported attempting suicide.