Did you know that women in their early 20s are twice as likely to have a mental disorder than men?
“We’re also seeing the toll of the cost-of-living crisis on young adults with mental health problems, who were seven times more likely than their peers without mental health problems to have used food banks or experienced food insecurity in the last year. Despite the need for support continuing to rise, young people are still left facing an agonising wait in a system that cannot keep up with demand, and the UK government’s response so far has just not been good enough.
Corlett added that the British government “will be failing an entire generation” unless it “prioritises investment” in relevant mental health services for young people. “The earlier a young person gets support for their mental health, the more effective that support is likely to be,” she added. “Young people and their families cannot be side-lined any longer by the government, who need to prioritise the crisis in youth mental health as a matter of national emergency.”released last week found that the number of under-18s in contact with NHS mental health services in England has risen by nearly 30% in the past year.
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