Latest mental health statistics

Published on

NHS Digital has just published the results of the 2014 Mental Health and Wellbeing survey. They make for sobering reading ahead of World Mental Health Day on 10 October.

Young women are the highest risk group for mental health problems, according to new data released by NHS Digital.One in five women reported a common mental disorder in 2014, compared to one in eight men, according to the survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Young women also have high rates of self-harm and post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar. Mental health charities said the figures showed "nothing had improved".One in six adults in England has a common mental disorder (CMD) - such as anxiety or depression, according to the survey.

Related Articles

Surviving or thriving

Mental health awareness week 2017 (MHAW) is round the corner.  This annual event takes place from 8 to 14 May this year and the theme is Surviving or Th...

Health check ups - parity of treatment

Being of a certain age, I now receive five yearly health MoTs from my GP surgery.  The first was just this week.  I was given the results of my blood te...

A little more conversation

The Institute of Directors has just published a report on mental health in the changing world of work.  Available here - https://www.iod.com/Portals/0/P...

HR Magazine: Mental health support is still too reactive

Workplaces need to be much more proactive about mental health, Mark O’Grady shares four ways how.

Forbes: Tackling loneliness in remote working

Our expert Amanda Okill tells Forbes what actions organisations and individuals can take.