The teenage mental health crisis is now a societal disaster.
In the three years up to 2017, cases of self-harm among girls under 17 increased by 68 per cent.
Hospital admissions for eating disorders among children and teenagers have risen by 90 per cent in five years.
Teenage suicides were up by 35 per cent last year.
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