More than one third (36%) of adults over the age of 16 never discuss their mental health, representing 19.6 million people, a survey from mental health charity Mind revealed.
Mind's research surveyed over 5,000 adults ahead of Time to Talk Day, a mental health campaign run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness. It reported that 96% of people with existing mental health conditions are being impacted by the cost of living crisis, which is only set to exacerbate mental health issues. Around eight in 10 (78%) of adults said their mental health has been affected by the ongoing economic crisis, rising to 94% among those with existing mental health conditions. Nearly one fifth (18%) of respondents revealed that the cost of living is decreasing the frequency of conve...
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