Mental Health Facts

What are mental illnesses? And facts.

                   What are mental illnesses?
~About one in seven young people in BC-or 14%- will experience a mental illness at some point in their lives.

~Many mental illnesses-between 50% and about 70%-show up before the age 18, so they can have a huge impact on a child's development.

~Mental illnesses can effect how well kids do in school and how they from relationships with other kids and adults.

~Mental illnesses if not treated early, can be disruptive enough to a kid's normal development that it can effect them for the rest of their lives.     

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