Denmark: Psychiatric diagnoses among children up 39 percent in a decade

The number of children given a psychiatric diagnosis in Denmark has increased by 39 percent over the last decade, according to data obtained from the Ministry of the Interior and Health.

Some 73,220 under-18s had a diagnosis as of 1 January 2023, which amounts to 6.33 percent of the entire age group. Ten years ago, the share was 4.55 percent.

Two-thirds of the diagnoses are autism or ADHD, or a combination of both.

Never have so many desperate parents contacted our counselling service to get help to enter into a dialogue with psychiatry – to get help for their children.

Getting a diagnosis in the municipalities is often the entry ticket to getting help for the challenges and the dissatisfaction that you can see in the child as a result of the mental illness.

We simply need the government to start acting and concretely assign funding.

https://cphpost.dk/2023-06-19/news/psychiatric-diagnoses-among-children-up-39-percent-in-a-decade/