Mental Health Statistics: The Most Common Mental Health Problems
- Mixed anxiety & depression
is the most common mental disorder in Britain, with almost 9% of people
meeting criteria for diagnosis. (The Office for National Statistics
Psychiatric Morbidity report, 2001)
- Between 8-12% of the
population experience depression in any year. (The Office for National
Statistics Psychiatric Morbidity report, 2001)
- About
half of people with common mental health problems are no longer affected
after 18 months, but poorer people, the long-term sick and unemployed
people are more likely to be still affected than the general
population. (Better Or Worse: A Longitudinal Study Of The Mental Health
Of Adults In Great Britain, National Statistics, 2003)
- 12/12/2011 - Mental illness is a growing problem in society and is
increasingly affecting productivity and well-being in the workplace,
according to a new OECD report.
Sick on the Job? Myths and Realities about Mental Health at Work says that one in five workers suffer from a mental illness, such as depression or anxiety, and many are struggling to cope.
Three in four workers with a mental disorder report reduced
productivity at work, compared to one in four workers without a mental
disorder. Work absences are also much more frequent for workers with
mental illness, and about 30% to 50% of all new disability benefit
claims in OECD countries are now attributed to mental ill health.
The report challenges some of the myths around mental health and
concludes that policymakers need to look for new solutions. Most people
with a mental disorder work, with employment rates of between 55% to
70%, about 10 to 15 percentage points lower than for people without a
disorder.
