World Mental Health Day – Your Mental Health Matters

Approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year. In England, 1 in 6 people report experiencing a common mental health problem (such as anxiety and depression) in any given week.

Mental health problems can affect anyone, any day of the year, but 10 October is World Mental Health Day and a great day to show your support for better mental health and start looking after your own wellbeing.

Did you know

• 1 in 4 people experience mental health issues each year
• 676 million people are affected by mental health issues worldwide
• At any given time, 1 in 6 working-age adults have symptoms associated with mental ill health
• Mental illness is the largest single source of burden of disease in the UK. Mental illnesses are more common, long-lasting and impactful than other health conditions
• Mental ill health is responsible for 72 million working days lost and costs £34.9 billion each year
• The total cost of mental ill health in England is estimated at £105 billion per year
• People with a long-term mental health condition lose their jobs every year at around double the rate of those without a mental health condition. This equates to 300,000 people – the equivalent of the population of Newcastle or Belfast
• 75% of mental illness (excluding dementia) starts before age 18
• Men aged 40-49 have the highest suicide rates in Great Britain
• 70-75% of people with diagnosable mental illness receive no treatment at all

For more information on Mental Health Awareness, you can look on the Mental Health Foundation website.

Williamsons Solicitors supports mental health awareness, as our staff experience first-hand, on a daily basis, the impact of what poor mental health care can have on patients and their families and have vast experience in supporting clients, with their ongoing clinical negligence cases, as a result of “mental health” negligence care. Williamsons are very experienced in dealing with medical negligence cases, which has arisen, due to “mental health” medical negligence.

Williamsons would like to highlight to patients suffering with mental health, that healthcare professionals have the same duty of care that is owed to patients who present themselves with physical conditions when providing medical care and treatment to patients with mental illness.

If you have suffered “mental-health” medical negligence, Williamsons Solicitors can assist you, please contact us on 01482 323697. Our approachable, friendly and experienced staff would be happy to assist.