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The average secondary school
of 1,000 pupils will have 50 students with depression, 10 affected by
eating disorder and 5-10 attempting suicide in any one year.
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About a quarter of Scotland’s
population is under the age of 19. At any one time about 10% of them,
that’s 125,000 young people have mental health problems which are
severe enough to interfere with their daily life.
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Suicide attempts by young
men have risen by over 170% since 1985.
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There has been a 250% increase
in Scotland’s suicide rate for young women over the last 25 years.
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Suicide is the second most
common cause of death among people under 35.
