Individual Research into Mental Health

Suicide and self-harm are not mental health problems themselves, but they are linked with mental distress.

In 2016, 5,668 suicides were recorded in Great Britain. Of these, 75% were male and 25% were female.
Between 2003 and 2013, 18,220 people with mental health problems took their own life in the UK.
Suicide is the most common cause of death for men aged 20-49 years in England and Wales.
One person in fifteen had made a suicide attempt at some point in their life.
The suicide rate in Scotland rose by 8% between 2015 and 2016, with 728 suicides registered in Scotland in 2016.

Schizophrenia is a serious disorder of the mind and brain but it is also highly treatable - yet the facts around it make for alarming reading.
For every £1 spent on early intervention psychosis teams that work with young people in their first episode of schizophrenia, £18 is saved.
Aerobic exercise, such as using the treadmill, walking or cycling, performed for 30-40 minutes, three times a week for at least a 12 week period, was effective at improving mental health outcomes in people with schizophrenia.
The average per person cost of lost employment (including service costs) due to schizophrenia and related conditions for those aged 45-64 is estimated at £19,078, while costs for those aged 15-44 were just under £30,000.


Mental health statistics: children and young people
20% of adolescents may experience a mental health problem in any given year.
50% of mental health problems are established by age 14 and 75% by age 24.
10% of children and young people (aged 5-16 years) have a clinically diagnosable mental problem
yet 70%of children and adolescents who experience mental health problems have not had appropriate interventions at a sufficiently early age.