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References

i. NHS Digital (2018) ‘Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2017’ Available at: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-of-children-and-young-people-in-england/2017/2017. Based on 12.8% of 5 to 19 year olds being identified as having a diagnosable mental health condition.

ii. NHS Digital (2017) Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey: Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, England, 2014. Available at: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-psychiatric-morbidity-survey/adult-psychiatric-morbidity-survey-survey-of-mental-health-and-wellbeing-england-2014. Based on 17.3% of 16-24 year olds being identified as having a CIS-R score of 12 or higher. A CIS-R score of 12 or more is the threshold applied to indicate that a level of CMD symptoms is present so that primary care is warranted.

iii. Kessler RC et al. (2005). ‘Lifetime Prevalence and Age-of-Onset Distributions of DSM-IV Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication’.

iv. Office for National Statistics (2017) ‘Deaths registered in England and Wales’ Available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredinenglandandwalesseriesdr/2017#suicide-accounted-for-an-increased-proportion-of-deaths-at-ages-5-to-19-years-in-2017

v. NHS Digital (2018) ‘Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2017’ Available at: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-of-children-and-young-people-in-england/2017/2017. Based on 46.8% of 17 to 19 year olds that were identified as having a diagnosable mental health condition reporting that they had harmed themselves or tried to kill themselves at some point.

vi. Kessler, R. (2010) ‘Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys’ British Journal of Psychiatry 197(5): 378–385.

vii. Mehta, D. et al. (2013) ‘Childhood maltreatment is associated with distinct genomic and epigenetic profiles in posttraumatic stress disorder’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110(20): 8302–8307: http://www.pnas.org/content/110/20/8302.full.pdf

viii. National Audit Office (2018) ‘Improving children and young people’s mental health services’. Available at https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Improving-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-services.pdf

ix. Crenna-Jennings, W.; Hutchinson, J. (2018) ‘Access to children and young people’s mental health services’. Education Policy Institute. Available at: https://epi.org.uk/publications-and-research/access-to-camhs-2018. The average median waiting time refers the average figure that CCGs across the country gave for their median waiting time.

x. YoungMinds (2018) ‘A new era for young people’s mental health’. Available at https://youngminds.org.uk/media/2620/a-new-era-for-young-peoples-mental-health.pdf

xi. National Audit Office (2018) ‘Improving children and young people’s mental health services’. Available at: https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Improving-children-and-young-peoples-mental-health-services.pdf

xii. https://youngminds.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/ae-attendances-by-young-people-with-psychiatric-conditions-almost-doubled-in-five-years-new-figures/ Original written answer available at: https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-10-18/181292/