‘Why would I burden them with my problems?’ was a common refrain.Īnd to be clear, these are young people who are facing challenges and problems of their own. Mostly they worry – worry about the stress their families are under, and the strain their own needs place on the household finances.
Young people advising our recently launched research programme told us about the complicated emotions that come with being part of a family under financial strain. The young people behind these statistics are part of wider society, workers or in education, and part of families, often families under strain. Mental health problems do not come into existence only at the point of referral to NHS services. Yet focusing on the NHS side of young people’s mental health tells only part of the story. The Health Foundation has invested in teams improving the quality of mental health services for a number of years, including the THRIVE model in London and the FREED eating disorders model. This demonstrates the absolute and clear need for the NHS to be adequately resourced to provide services that work specifically for young people – current provision is not sufficient. Recent QualityWatch analysis also highlighted a huge surge in demand for children and young people’s mental health services – with an 81% increase in referrals in April to September 2021, compared to the same period in 2019. Recent analysis by the Health Foundation’s Networked Data Lab showed that between 20, the proportion of 6 to 16-year-olds with a probable mental health condition increased from one in nine (11.6%) to one in six (17.4%). Such coverage reflects the growing numbers of young people with diagnosable mental health concerns, and a care system that is struggling to cope. ‘ Swamped mental health services turning away children’, reads another. ‘ Mental health referrals for children surge by more than HALF during Covid’, reads one headline. Media stories about young people make for sombre reading, especially today – the start of Mental Health Awareness Week. What were their experiences, I asked myself?
But my work on the Young people’s future health inquiry made me listen to the story from the perspectives of the young men themselves.
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