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Common Facts about Mental Health
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One in four people will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year
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Mixed anxiety and depression is the most common mental disorder in Britain
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Women are more likely to have been treated for a mental health problem than men
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About 10 percent of children have a mental health problem at any one time
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Depression affects one in five older people living in the community and two in five living in care homes.
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British men are three times as likely as British women to die by suicide.
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The UK has one of the highest rates of self-harm in Europe, at 400 per 100,000 population.
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Only one in 10 prisoners does not have a mental disorder.
Source: Mental Health Foundation
