{"id":27642,"date":"2017-12-18T09:55:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T09:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=27642"},"modified":"2017-12-18T09:55:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T09:55:23","slug":"more-children-suffer-from-anxiety-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/uncategorised\/more-children-suffer-from-anxiety-in-the-uk","title":{"rendered":"More Children Suffer From Anxiety in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Numbers of children suffering from anxiety are rising sharply each year.<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27804\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/12\/650-children-anxiety-uk-diagnosis-rising.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/12\/650-children-anxiety-uk-diagnosis-rising.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/12\/650-children-anxiety-uk-diagnosis-rising-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/12\/650-children-anxiety-uk-diagnosis-rising-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27804\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/12\/650-children-anxiety-uk-diagnosis-rising.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/12\/650-children-anxiety-uk-diagnosis-rising.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/12\/650-children-anxiety-uk-diagnosis-rising-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/12\/650-children-anxiety-uk-diagnosis-rising-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>More than 10,000 patient under the age of 18 were admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of anxiety in 2015-2016, according to the NHS.<\/p>\n<p>The NSPCC, the UK&#8217;s leading children&#8217;s charity, warned that their Childline service has seen a 35 percent rise in calls about anxiety from children in just twelve months.<\/p>\n<p>A recent study by University College London found one in four teenage girls reported symptoms of depression. 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