- Mental health problems affect one in every five young people at any given time (US Department of Health and Human Services).

- An estimated two-thirds of all young people with mental health problems are not getting the help they need.  (US Department of Health and Human Services).

- Recent studies show that, at any given time, as many as one in every 33 children may have clinical depression.  The rate of depression among adolescents may be as high as one in eight (Center for Mental Health Services).

- Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15 – 24 year olds and the sixth leading cause of death for five – 15 year olds (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry).

- Anorexia affects one in every 100 to 200 adolescent girls and a much smaller number of boys (US Department of Health and Human Services).

- Reported rates of bulimia nervosa vary from on to three out of 100 young people (US Department of Health and Human Services).

- It is estimated that between 118,700 and 186,600 youths who are involved in the juvenile justice system have at least one mental disorder (Responding to the Needs of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System – The National Coalition for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System).

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