Calls for action over UK's 'intolerable' child mental health crisis

Teachers and campaigners say young people under pressure but support is underfunded

• Case study: ‘I self-harmed to cope with my feelings’
  

Children and teenagers are facing an “intolerable” mental health crisis and an urgent cash injection is needed in schools to prevent a lifetime of damage, teachers, doctors and MPs have warned.

Amid concerns about deeply worrying rates of self-harm and soaring numbers of children seeking help for problems such as eating disorders, teachers, campaigners and politicians have made a desperate plea to the government.

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