Suicide risk and mental health problems in the young are at a “crisis” point and not enough is being done to tackle the problem, Cayman experts have said.

Dr. Erica Lam, a psychologist who works with mental health charity the Alex Panton Foundation, said a major survey of 3,339 schoolchildren from Years 6 to 12 had found 529 of them had suicidal thoughts and 247 had tried to take their own lives.

She said, “Right now, young people are struggling.”

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