The study found that the cost of a child's mental health crisis in the UK was £110 million. Mental Health
Research estimates that this is a direct result of a mental health crisis in young people, and that incomes of more than £1 will be lost in the UK throughout their lifetime.
The study published in order to initiate a new future thinking mental health campaign that predicts the economic burden of failing to address the mental health crisis.
The four charities behind the movement – Mental Health Centre, Young Life Centre, Mental Health Alliance for Children and Young People and Young People – said the government needs to “recognize the scale of the child’s mental health crisis while ignoring the wishful thinking” it The result of being exaggerated or “overmedical”.
In England, more than 500 children are used for mental health services for anxiety disorders every day, and in the year, the number of children referring to emergency mental health care in England has increased by 10%. Overall, one in five children and young people experience common mental health problems such as anxiety or depression.
This can affect school, work prospects and income potential: Young people with childhood mental health problems earn less than their peers, while the proportion of young people aged 16 to 34 years old is almost varied due to the health of mental illness due to mental illness. Something happened between 2012 and 2023.
Expenditures for incapacitation and disability benefits at working age are expected to rise by £21 billion annually by 2028-29, while young people have mental illness health driving claims.
Using the same approach as the 2015 intensive study, but to adjust for population growth and prevalence of mental health, the new report calculates that children's mental health problems cost the economy 1.16tn and the loss of income in a lifetime.
The analysis also shows that the cost of ongoing absences for schools in the 2023-24 school year alone is £11.7 billion, and the delay in delays in accessing treatment and support also has a significant financial impact. Deterioration of mental health for young people As they wait for dates for children and adolescent mental health services, the NHS and other public services are less than £295 million a year.
“The lack of capability in the system means too many young people reach crisis points, putting pressure on emergencies, emergency and crisis services, tightening the capacity of the bed and creating huge waiting time,” the author concluded.
The report calls for an independent review of the causes of the child’s mental health crisis, as well as a comprehensive child mental health workforce program, with a larger investment to ensure that mental health services can meet 70% of diagnosable needs by the end of this council and more Big investments in mental health support teams and other community services.
Former Children Commissioner Anne Longfield and executive chairman of the Young Life Centre said the upcoming 10-year NHS plan and the government’s next spending review must include “bold and ambitious reform plans to reform and invest in children” and young people. Mental health services and support”.
“The cost of doing nothing will be a disaster for children struggling with mental health issues, but it also seriously hinders many of the government’s key tasks and ambitions,” she said.
Dr Mike McKean, Vice Chairman of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Children’s Health Policy, said: “As pediatricians, we are aware that there is no greater investment than our children, and this report correctly emphasizes this psychology. The healthy ransomware cost crisis is placing itself in our current and future societies.
“When it comes to health, we ask for long-term thinking time and time again. Our leaders and policy makers cannot rely on quick victory to correct this situation. It is time to create sustainable services that focus on delivering robust, holistic and in the community by delivering robust, holistic and Timely care and ensure the availability of professional expert care for children and young people who need it.”
A NHS spokesman said: “NHS Mental Health Services is currently seeing the number of children with common conditions like depression and anxiety, which is why we have expanded access by launching mental health teams in schools to ensure half of the students in England Will get half of the experts to visit in the spring.
“There is a clear and worrying trend to increase clinical demand for children and young people, so we know we have to do more and the NHS is working closely with the government to develop a 10-year health plan for this year so that we can Can provide the best quality care for all patients.”
A government spokesman said: “Young people with mental health problems are not receiving the support or care they deserve, which is why the government will identify broken systems and ensure mental health is the same as physical health.
“We have announced a new mental health crisis centre of £26 million, and as part of our change plan, we will provide professional mental health professionals in each school and recruit another 8,500 mental health workers.
“We are committed to raising the healthiest kids ever and recognize the importance of this to our first mission – economic growth.”