I researched which demographic is affected the most by mental health. I found this information mostly from statistics, some of the statistics I found were:
- Mental health problems affect about 1 in 10 children and young people. However 70% of them who experience a mental health problem have not had appropriate interventions at a sufficiently early age.
- There’s an assumption that mental health problems are a ‘normal’ aspect of ageing but most older people don’t develop mental health problems.
- According to figures from the 2000 national survey of psychiatric morbidity in the YK, the prevalence of mental health disorders is slightly higher among females, affecting 19 per cent of women aged 16 to 74, compared to 14 per cent of men.
- In addition, the prevalence rates for any mental health problem were found in women age 50-54
- Because women have a higher life expectancy than men, they make up a larger proportion of the elderly population and stand a higher chance of being diagnosed with a mental health problem
- The largest increase in rate of common mental disorders between 1993 and 2007 was observed in women aged 45-64.
- 31 percent of people who needed support from someone’s in the NHS health services with their physical health needs said that they had not received support but would have liked it.
According to Big White Wall’s website their demographic is majority aged between 16-24 and most are female.
Chathealth target their services at teenagers between 11-19. Elefriends is also aimed at young people. Whereas Babylon health demographic is primarily moms and older women.
https://www.bigwhitewall.com/landing-pages/landingv3.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f#.VuGfCceLT8s
http://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/Library/ChatHealthSchoolStaffBriefingMarch2014.pdf
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/statistics
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