Mental Health

Workrelated stress affects about one in five workers or approximately 5 million people. Stressrelated conditions are now the commonest reported cause of sickness absence. 865,900 adults on Incapacity Benefit in England report their primary condition to be mental ill health. One in 10 children under the age of 16 have a mental health problem. Among 11–15 year olds, 13% of boys and 10% of girls have a mental health problem. One in six adults at any one time has a mental health problem – maybe as many as 9 million people are affected. Up to 670,000 people in the UK have some form of dementia – 5% of people over 65 and up to 20% of people over 80. Up to one in four consultations with a GP concern mental health issues. As many as 630,000 people are in contact with specialised mental health services at any one time.

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