As a direct result of the young people's mental health crisis, the revenue of life in the UK will lose more than £ 1. the study estimate.
This survey, which was published to launch a new Future Minds Mental Health campaign, predicts the economic burden of mental health crisis.
Four philosophicals behind the campaign -Mental Health Center, Young Live Center, Children and Young Mental Health Unions, the government, the government is “recognized the crisis in the mental health of children and is full of hope.” He said he needed to. “I think it's exaggerated or the result of” excessive medicalization. “
In the United Kingdom, more than 500 children a day are introduced to mental health services for anxiety, but the number of children introduced in urgent mental health care in the UK has increased by 10 % in one year. As a whole 1 in 5 children and young people Experience general mental health problems such as anxiety and depression.
This affects school attendance, work prospects, and profits. The number of young people who have children's mental health problems is less than their friends, but the ratio of working ages 16 to 34 due to mental illness has almost doubled. From 2012 to 2023.
It is expected that the expenditure of labor age incompetence and disability will increase by 21 billion pounds a year from 2028 to 2010. Driving request For young adults.
Use the same method as the details 2015 researchHowever, when the population and mental health illness rate is adjusted, the new report calculates that mental health problems in childhood cost 1.16 tons of economic loss due to losing income from a lifetime. Masu.
Sustainable absence from the school was cost of 11.7 billion pounds only in the grades of 2023 to 24 years, but delays in treatment and support have a significant financial impact. The deterioration of young people's mental health while waiting for children and adolescent mental health services costs less than 295 million per year to other parts of NHS and other public services.
“The lack of system capacity means that too many young people fall into crisis, put pressure on emergency, emergency, crisis services, bear the ability of beds, and create a huge waiting time.” The author concludes.
This report is seeking an independent review of the child's mental health crisis along with a comprehensive child's mental health labor plan. Mental health services by the end of the parliament are an increase in investment and more investment mental health support teams and other community services to meet the needs that can be diagnosed with mental health services.
Unlongfield, a former Children's Committee of England and an executive chair of the center fogy -yang live, said in the next ten -year NHS plan and the government's next expenditure screening. Mental health services and support are necessary to include bold and ambitious plans.
She says: “The cost of doing nothing will be a disaster for children who are suffering from mental health issues, but by seriously hindering many important duties and ambitions of the government, disasters in our country. Will be.
Dr. Mike McKin, Vice President of Royal College Ob Pedia Trick and Health, said: The crisis is imposed on our present and future society.
“I asked for a long -term thinking about health over and over again. Our leaders and decisive users cannot rely on prompt victory to correct this situation. The community is robust. When creating sustainable services focusing on prevention by providing overall and timely care and ensuring the use of specialist care for children and youth experts that need it. Has come.
NHS's spokeswoman states: “NHS Mental Health Service is currently looking at recorded children in common situations such as depression and anxiety, so that expand access by expanding the mental health team of the school and expanding access. You can access the specialist by spring.
“We know that we need to do more because we tend to raise clinical needs from children and youth, so we know that we need to do more. NHS will work closely with the government in this 10 -year health plan. We can provide the highest quality.
The government spokeswoman states: “Young people with mental health issues do not have the right support or care, so the government has corrected the broken system, and mental health is given the same precautions and focus as physical health. Do it.
“We have already announced £ 26 million to open a new mental health crisis center. As part of the change plan, we have accessed specialized mental health experts in all schools and 8,500 people. We are looking for mental health workers.
“We promise to nurture the most healthy generations so far, and recognize the importance of this for economic growth, the number one mission.”
