Up to 1 in 5 children suffer from mental disorder: CDC

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Up to 1 in 5 children suffer from mental disorder: CDC

By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK (Reuters) - Up to 20 percent of children in the United States suffer from a mental disorder, and the number of kids diagnosed with one has been rising for more than a decade, according to a report released on Thursday by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. In the agency's first-ever study of mental disorders among children aged 3 to 17, researchers found childhood mental illnesses affect up to one in five kids and cost $247 billion per year in medical bills, special education and juvenile justice. ...

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