Research and reports

There are more than 900,000 children and young people living in Scotland 

SAMH wants to change things for them and generations to come. Here’s why:

• Every day in Scotland, 20 young people don’t get the help they need for mental health problems. 

• Only a quarter of young people know where to go to find help for their mental health. 

• In Scotland, 1 in 6 young adults aged 18-34 has self-harmed.  Girls are three times more likely than boys to report self-harm. 

• Three in four (76%) parents said that their child’s mental health had deteriorated while waiting for specialist mental health support. 

• On average, children and young people with mental health difficulties go ten years between first becoming unwell and getting any help.