Edited by Gill Burrell, Wednesday, 6 Mar 2024, 10:10
In this country there are more and more people presenting with mental health problems. This increase in mental health problems has been going on for quite a long time, and there is a lack of adequate NHS mental health services to deal with it.
Some Mental Health Disorders include
• Anxiety Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Dissociative Disorders, Schizophrenia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) , Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Paranoia and many more.
Calls to a mental health crisis line have more than doubled in 12 months, according to an NHS trust.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPNHSFT) said calls reached 17,000 in September 2023, up from 7,500 in September 2022.
The trust said the rise in demand led to more people going to A&E with mental health conditions.
However, this is not due to the covid pandemic said one health worker. It is rather an undercurrent of political and economic instability in this country.
These are the important concerns that people have; Zero hour contracts, the cost of living crisis, rise in inflation, mortgage repayments, job insecurity, high energy costs and now a recession.
All this contributes to a decline in peoples mental health and creates huge problems related to stress and anxiety in families. This is having a knock on effect on the children who feel their parents stress, resulting in the rise of Childrens mental health issues. This unease in society has a detrimental impact on the society in this country. So what will the government do to help the adults and the young people of this country? And will they protect these vital Mental Health services?
Mental Health Crisis UK
In this country there are more and more people presenting with mental health problems. This increase in mental health problems has been going on for quite a long time, and there is a lack of adequate NHS mental health services to deal with it.
Some Mental Health Disorders include
• Anxiety Disorders,
Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Dissociative Disorders, Schizophrenia,
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) , Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Paranoia and many more.
Calls to a mental health crisis line have more than doubled in 12 months, according to an NHS trust.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SPNHSFT) said calls reached 17,000 in September 2023, up from 7,500 in September 2022.
The trust said the rise in demand led to more people going to A&E with mental health conditions.
However, this is not due to the covid pandemic said one health worker. It is rather an undercurrent of political and economic instability in this country.
These are the important concerns that people have; Zero hour contracts, the cost of living crisis, rise in inflation, mortgage repayments, job insecurity, high energy costs and now a recession.
All this contributes to a decline in peoples mental health and creates huge problems related to stress and anxiety in families. This is having a knock on effect on the children who feel their parents stress, resulting in the rise of
Childrens mental health issues. This unease in society has a detrimental impact on the society in this country.
So what will the government do to help the adults and the young people of this country? And will they protect these vital Mental Health services?
Ref- bbc.co.uk .