The publicity following the deaths of two teenage girls, who leapt from the Erskine Bridge, may have led to a sharp rise in the number of young people admitted to mental health wards in an NHS area, according to a report.
The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland said NHS Lanarkshire had the highest number of underage mental health admissions to non-specialist wards of any Scottish health board in 2011/12.
The figures refer to cases where under-18s with mental health problems, ranging from schizophrenia to eating disorders, are admitted on to either adult psychiatric wards or paediatric wards with no mental health service.
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