Wellbeing, therapy, the mind
An independent review says diagnoses have risen sharply over 25 years while the number of people who actually have the conditions appears broadly stable. The Government plans tougher rules on private providers, who now carry out more than half of NHS-funded ADHD assessments.
A State Comptroller report found 39% of the public reporting medium or severe post-traumatic stress, depression or anxiety. Some 600,000 people are expected to suffer severely, and the health system is still struggling to cope.
The independent review rejects the 'snowflake generation' claim, saying the rise in distress since the 1990s is real. Emergency department visits by children in mental health crisis rose 36% between 2019 and 2025, with school pressure, social media and loneliness all implicated.
NHS data analysed by Rethink Mental Illness found that people with serious mental disorders are nearly five times more likely to die before 75 than the general population. Physical illness — not suicide — accounts for most of those early deaths, with cancer and cardiovascular disease each making up almost a fifth.
Males aged 10 to 29 saw visits run 154 per cent above expected levels — the sharpest rise in a 14-year study. More than 70 per cent of cases also involved a mental health condition or heavy substance use.
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