Dr. Sricharan Moturi founded Saber Psychiatry in 2020 to evaluate and treat child and adult mental health disorders. If you are struggling with mental health, you are not alone. Here are some statistics about children’s mental health from the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Facts about children with mental disorders in the United States
ADHD, anxiety, behavior problems, and depression are children’s most commonly diagnosed mental disorders. Estimates for ever having a diagnosis among children aged 3-17 years in 2016-19 are:
- ADHD 9.8% (approximately 6.0 million)
- Anxiety 9.4% (approximately 5.8 million)
- Behavior problems 8.9% (approximately 5.5 million)
- Depression 4.4% (approximately 2.7 million)
Some of these conditions commonly occur together. For example, among children aged 3-17 years in 2016:
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