NHS children's mental health report released yesterday is alarming. Almost 80% of 17-19 girls answered the section on eating in a way that indicated a possible eating disorder. Up from 60% in 2017. 53% of all 17-23 year olds said mental health had worsened since 2017.
On the other hand only 6% of 11-16 have used alcohol and 2% cigarettes in the previous week which is a lot lower than similar surveys found a decade plus ago. And just 43% of 17-22 year olds had consumed alcohol in the last week down from 56% in 2017.
All of this is consistent with two strong trends over the past few decades of destructive behaviours (cigarettes; alcohol; drugs; underage sex) all becoming much less prevelant amongst teens but reported mental health getting much worse.
Link to survey here. digital.nhs.uk/data-and-infor…
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