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Over one million children referred for mental healthcare - with anxiety the main reason
Key takeaways
- The latest data from 2024-2025 is almost double the number in 2018-19.
- Anxiety was listed as the most common reason, accounting for 16% of all referrals, while cases of suspected autism rose by almost 50% in a single year, to more than 96,000.
- Other neurodevelopmental conditions, such as ADHD and Tourette's syndrome, also increased - by nearly a quarter.
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The latest data from 2024-2025 is almost double the number in 2018-19.
Anxiety was listed as the most common reason, accounting for 16% of all referrals, while cases of suspected autism rose by almost 50% in a single year, to more than 96,000.
Other neurodevelopmental conditions, such as ADHD and Tourette's syndrome, also increased - by nearly a quarter.
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