1 in 4 young women in UK struggle with mental illness: Report
Nearly one in four young women in Britain are struggling with mental health illness, such as depression and anxiety, according to a new study.
The report by the National Health Service (NHS), Britain’s main health provider, said nearly 24 percent of young women aged 17 to 19 reported a mental disorder, almost twice the rate in young men in the same age.
The report, based on a survey of more than 9,000 people, said emotional problems such as depression and anxiety were the most common reasons for British women to be affected with mental illnesses.
The NHS report also discussed children and their mental health, saying one in nine aged five to 15 had a mental disorder. It said the figure showed a slight increase of about two percent compared to the previous review which had been done 13 years ago.
The findings come amid warnings that Britain’s health system is not sufficiently reaching to the people with mental problems, especially the youth. Recurrent reports have indicated a surge in the rate of suicide and self-harm among teenagers, especially the girls, with a main reason being the failure of the NHS to provide treatment at the right moment.
Anne Longfield, who serves as Children's Commissioner for England, said in a recent report that the NHS was making slow progress in improving specialist community services for children. It also warned that there was a “vast gap” in NHS mental health support.
Faced with government budget cuts over the past years, the NHS has failed to recruit enough medical personnel to respond to increasing demands from the British populations. Foreign medics and nurses are also leaving the service on a rapid scale now that Britain is preparing to leave the EU in March.
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