Child Suicide - Statistics

Ninth European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour Suicide is the most common cause of death in men under 35 and one person dies every two hours in England as a result of suicide.

Suicide Fact Sheets from Mind A range of useful factsheets on suicide.

Facts For Journalists Prevalence of mental health problems; challenging myths about mental ill health and violence.

Facts About Depression This leaflet has been designed to make you think twice about how you view people who suffer from depression.

Children and Depression Article discussing depression in children and teenagers.

Manic Depression in Children Study showing that children as young as seven can suffer from manic depression.

Depression in Children and Young People Factsheet on depression, its causes and what can be done to help young sufferers.

Depression in Children - Misunderstood by parents and undiagnosed by doctors Excellent from The Observer online.

One in 75 Under 10s Attempts Self-Harm Alarming article at Guardian Unlimited.

Steep Rise in Child Suicide Attempts Article highlighting the rise in the number of children attempting suicide.

Bipolar Disorder May Affect Three Times More Americans Than Originally Believed Results of a new nationwide study show that three times as many people may suffer from bipolar disorder (also known as manic-depression) than previously estimated.

Better Educated, More Depressed How young people's lives have changed in a generation.

Statistics on Depression and Suicide Among Adolescents

Children as Young as Six 'suicidal'

Teen Male Suicides Hit 'crisis' Levels