The University of Manitoba study found children and teens living with mental illness are less likely to graduate from high school, more likely to be involved in the justice system, experience suicidal behaviour and require income assistance in adulthood. The report found two-thirds of those diagnosed with mental illness as children were still living with the condition as adults. It also found those who were hospitalized for attempted suicide before the age of 18 were three times more likely to die by suicide and six times more likely to be re-hospitalized for attempted suicide later in life. Other factors associated with childhood mental illness and ongoing difficulties through adulthood were found to be income and family structure but researchers added risk remained strong even after they adjusted for those factors.
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