Did You know?
1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem every year
60% of people with a mental health problem waited over a year to talk to the people closest to them about it
The UK Prime Minister, Winston Churchill experienced depression. He described it as his ‘black dog’.
Nearly 850,000 children and young people between 5-16 years of age will have a mental health difficulty
The number of young people with depression nearly doubled between 1980-2000
Mental health carers make up 25% of the estimated 6 million carers in the UK