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Fund psychotherapy for at-risk youth

Submitted on Monday 3rd June 2019

Published on Tuesday 2nd July 2019

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 6th November 2019

Signatures: 26

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Children ~ England ~ Wales

Petition Action

Fund psychotherapy for at-risk youth

Petition Details

If the average direct annual cost per prisoner in England and Wales is £22,933 and the collective focus is on the outcomes for people - treating Youth violence with psychotherapy would reduce offending, government spending per prisoner and the outcomes for young people.

Additional Information

Half of all lifetime, mental health conditions start before the age of 14

75 % before the age of 24 – specifically 10 percent of children and young people (aged 5-16 years) have a clinically diagnosable mental problem

Yet 70 % of children and adolescents who experience mental health problems have not had appropriate interventions at a sufficiently early age (Children’s Society 2008


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