"Between 14 and 20 percent of young people experience an MEB [Mental, Emotional and Behavioral]disorder at a given point in time. A survey of adults reported that half of all lifetime cases of diagnosable mental illness began by age 14 and three-fourths by age 24 (Kessler, Berglund, et al., 2005). A review of three longitudinal studies concluded that close to 40 percent of young people have had at least one psychiatric disorder by the time they are 16 (Jaffee, Harrington, et al., 2005). Furthermore, about one in five (21.3 percent) adolescents ages 12-17 received treatment or counseling for MEB disorders in 2006 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2007b). Signs of potential MEB disorders are often apparent at a very young age. Parents often report concerns before age 5, and there are indications that the expulsion rate of children from preschool for behavioral concerns is higher than similar expulsion rates of children from grades K-12 (Gilliam and Sharar, 2006)."
(Mary Ellen O’Connell et. al., editors, Preventing Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People...)
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