Mental health difficulties dominate the list of the most common issues about which children contacted ChildLine during 2013/14.
The NSPCC, which runs the support service, has reported a 34 per cent increase in counselling sessions regarding general mental health conditions, including issues such as depression and panic attacks.
Furthermore, two-thirds of all its counselling sessions last year related to self-harm, suicidal feelings, low self-esteem, unhappiness or general mental health concerns.
Also of concern is that school and education problems have appeared in the top 10 for the first ever time, after almost 35,000 counselling sessions took place – a 13 per cent rise on the previous year. Calls about exam stress saw a 200 per cent rise.
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