Email: annie@mcs.bc.ca A copy of the report Doing OK? Checking in on the mental health of BC youth will be available at www.mcs.bc.ca. [...] Overall, there was an increase in the percentage of students who had self-harmed in the past year (from 15% in 2013 to 17% in 2018), with those aged 13 to 15 the most likely to have done so. [...] Despite an increase in students who had seriously considered suicide in the past year, the percentage who had attempted suicide decreased over the past fifteen years (from 7% in 2003 to 5%). [...] In 2018, 18% of students had missed out on mental health services they felt they needed in the past year, which was an increase from 11% in 2013. [...] Youth who had a co-occurring substance use challenge with a mental health condition (such as depression or anxiety) were more likely to have missed out on accessing needed mental health services, compared to those who had a mental condition but did not have substance use challenges (60% vs.
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