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Child mental health: anxiety
The NSPCC has published a news story for Children’s Mental Health Week encouraging young people who are experiencing anxiety to reach out. The story reveals that in the first six months of 2024/25, Childline delivered over 6,600 online and phone counselling sessions related to anxiety, representing 24% of all counselling sessions about mental health and wellbeing. The article provides advice for children who may be struggling with anxiety and includes tips to share with parents to help them support their child.
Read the news story: Anxiety the top mental health concern for children contacting our Childline service
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