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Most mental illness has its origins in childhood. The most important modifiable risk factors for mental illness and the most important determinants of mental well-being are childhood ones. The most important opportunities for prevention of mental illness and promotion of mental health therefore lie in childhood, many of them in the context of the family.
The figures on mental illness in childhood are stark:
- half of all mental disorder first emerges before the age of 14 years and three quar...
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