{"id":216706,"date":"2025-06-26T19:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/216706\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T19:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:53:10","slug":"one-in-four-young-people-in-england-have-mental-health-condition-nhs-survey-finds-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/216706\/","title":{"rendered":"One in four young people in England have mental health condition, NHS survey finds | Mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharp rises in rates of anxiety, depression and other disorders have led to one in four young people in England<\/a> having a common mental health condition, an NHS survey shows, with young women nearly three times more likely to report them than young men.<\/p>\n

The study found that rates of such conditions in 16- to 24-year-olds have risen by more than a third in a decade, from 18.9% in 2014 to 25.8% in 2024.<\/p>\n

Results from the adult psychiatric morbidity survey<\/a> showed that reports of common mental health conditions \u2013 a term that also includes panic disorder, phobias and obsessive compulsive disorder \u2013 occurred almost three times as often in young women (36%) as young men (13.5%).<\/p>\n

Sally McManus, one of the lead researchers on the survey, said the figures reflect many global trends disproportionately affecting young people.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung people are growing up worried about many aspects of their lives, from insecure employment and housing through to Covid and climate change. Young people<\/a> may have been one of the one groups whose mental health was most affected by Covid,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The study also found sharp increases in overall prevalence of mental ill health, suicidal thoughts and self-harm across age groups:<\/p>\n