How many years are children more likely to have mental health issues?
Children aged 12–17 years were more likely to have received any mental health treatment (including having taken prescription medication and received counseling or therapy from a mental health professional) in the past 12 months (16.8%) compared with children aged 5–11 years (10.8%).
What is a mental health treatment?
Any mental health treatment: A composite measure of children who were reported to have taken medication for their mental health, received counseling or therapy from a mental health professional, or both in the past 12 months.#N#Race and Hispanic origin: Children categorized as Hispanic may be of any race or combination of races. Children categorized as non-Hispanic white or non-Hispanic black indicated one race only.#N#Received therapy or counseling, past 12 months: Based on a positive response to the question, “During the past 12 months, did [child’s name] receive counseling or therapy from a mental health professional such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric nurse, or clinical social worker?”#N#Taking medication for mental health, past 12 months: Based on a positive response to the question, “During the past 12 months, did [child’s name] take any prescription medication to help with [his/her] emotions, concentration, behavior, or mental health?”#N#Urbanization level: Metropolitan size and status was determined using the 2013 NCHS urban–rural classification scheme for counties ( 7 ), by merging the geographic federal information processing standard (FIPS) codes for the county of household residence with the county-level FIPS codes from the classification scheme’s data set. Large metropolitan includes large central and large fringe metropolitan counties. Medium or small metropolitan includes medium and small metropolitan counties. Nonmetropolitan includes micropolitan and noncore counties.
How many children have received mental health treatment in 2019?
Older children were more likely to have received any mental health treatment. In 2019, 13.6% of children aged 5–17 years had received any mental health treatment in the past 12 months, including 8.4% who had taken medication for their mental health and 10.0% who received counseling or therapy from a mental health professional ( Figure 1 ).