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Children with poor mental health 68% more likely to have reduced ability to work, study finds
A teenage girl with her head in her hands (picture posed by a model)

CHILDREN with poor mental health are two thirds more likely to have reduced ability to work as adults, a study has found.

Researchers at the Institute for Public Policy Research followed individuals born in a single week in 1970 throughout their lives.

They found that those that had mental health problems at age 10 experienced significant implications 40 years on.  

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