Norfolk child mental health needs root causes tackled

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 6 Oct, 07:18 · Archive

Norfolk faces a child mental health crisis requiring action on poverty and education system stress.

Norfolk faces a child mental health crisis that requires more than treating symptoms, writes Jamie Osborn. He argues that to improve children's happiness and health, action must be taken on two fronts: reducing poverty and lowering the stress placed on children by the education system.

Osborn suggests that these underlying factors are driving mental health problems among young people in the region and must be addressed if the crisis is to be resolved.

How it is being reported

• To fix Norfolk’s child mental health crisis we must do more than treat symptomsEastern Daily Press · 6 Oct, 06:46
• To fix Norfolk’s child mental health crisis we must do more than treat symptomsNorwich Evening News · 6 Oct, 06:46

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