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To: goldsheet who wrote (61651)	12/3/2000 10:15:44 PM
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This will reduce gold production - at some point: Thursday November 30 7:51 PM ET Mental Illness Rampant Among Australia's Youth By Todd Zwillich MELBOURNE (Reuters Health) - More than half a million Australian children suffer from some form of mental illness, though only one in four receive professional treatment, according to Australia's first-ever national survey of child and adolescent mental health. The survey found that 14% of Australian children and adolescents--some 520,000 in all--have significant behavior problems, including persistent lying and truancy. Up to 20% may suffer from anxiety and depression. The results come from the Child and Adolescent Component of the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, a survey of 4,500 parents of children aged 4-12, and from interviews with adolescents between 13 and 17. It was conducted by the Department Aged Care and the University of Adelaide. As many as 12% of adolescents surveyed reported behavior classified as antisocial, while just as many complained of suicidal thoughts, according to an article in The Australian. Among children, aggressive behavior was reported by the parents of 5.9% of boys and 5.2% of girls. ``These findings confirm that mental health is up there with cancer or heart disease in terms of being a serious health risk and it should be approached as such,'' Dr. Michael Sawyer, a psychiatrist with the university, told Reuters Health. Health Minister Michael Wooldridge said that he planned to discuss possible government responses to the findings with officials in individual states and territories. dailynews.yahoo.com