One in three young people suffering mental health troubles, survey finds
All 5,555 participants took part in a research exercise using the CES-D scale, which asks 20 questions about someone’s mental welfare and yields a potential maximum score of 60.
A third of the teenagers had a score of at least 20, which meant Action for Children recommended that they receive treatment to help them as part of the charity’s “blues programmeâ€. It offers psychological support to pupils who are feeling depressed.
