the cost of mental health
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A punchy and thought provoking presentation on the cost of poor mental health from a young champion and advocate working with YoungMindsTRANSCRIPT
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The Cost
Mental health problems impact on all areas of people’s lives
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The financial cost…
The costs of mental health problems to the economy in England have
recently been estimated at a massive
£105 billion, and treatment costs are expected to double in the
next 20 years.
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The real cost…
People with severe mental illnesses die
on average 20 years earlier than the general population.
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The real cost…
Depression increases the risk of
mortality by 50% and
doubles the risk of coronary heart disease in adults
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The real cost…
People with mental health
problems often have fewer qualifications, find it harder to both obtain and stay
in work, have lower incomes.
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The real cost…
People with mental health problems are more likely to be
homeless or insecurely housed, and are more likely to
live in areas of high social deprivation.
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The real cost…
The majority of mental health problems affect
people early, interrupting their
education and limiting their life chances.
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The real cost…
Some 90% of all prisoners are estimated to have a
diagnosable mental health problem and/or a substance
misuse problem.
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The real cost…
Mental health problems can also contribute to perpetuating
cycles of inequality through
generations
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Mental ill health represents up to 23% of the total burden of
ill health in the UK – the
largest single cause of disability
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About 1in 100 people has a severe mental health problem and
1 in 4 people will experience some form of mental ill-health in
their lifetime.
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Yet the stigma attached to mental ill health and the social
barriers that surround it amplify
its direct effects and damage the life chances of people with
mental health problems.
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We all need to take
responsibility for caring for our own mental health and that
of others, and to challenge the blight of stigma and discrimination.
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Early interventions can
improve lifetime health and wellbeing, prevent mental
illness and reduce costs incurred by ill health,
unemployment and crime.
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Help people to get the treatment they deserve by
beating stigma and
talking about mental ill health
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