1 in 4 Young People Have Common Mental Health Condition, Survey Suggests

This is higher than the average for adults, with 20.2 percent or an estimated 9.4 million adults in England having a common mental health condition.

File photo of staff on a NHS hospital ward, on Jan. 18, 2023. Jeff Moore/PA Wire

A survey suggests young people are more likely to have a common mental health condition (CMHC) than older people, with one in four affected.

The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) conducted for NHS England and published on Thursday found that 25.8 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds have a CMHC, up from 18.9 percent in 2014 and 17.5 percent in 2007.