One in three Help@hand users seeking mental health support: Unum UK

Anxiety leading cause of appointments

John Brazier
clock • 1 min read

Unum UK has revealed around one in three (30%) of all appointments made through its health and wellbeing app, Help@hand, are mental health related.

The group risk and employee benefits provider detailed that appointments booked via the app have exceeded 1,000 per month during the first months of 2023. It stated that of the 2,097 mental health consultations booked in January and February 2023, 55% were for women, with 26-35-year-olds accounting for more than 42% of all appointments. Meanwhile, anxiety accounts for 33% of all mental health appointments, with depression (29%) and stress (13%) the other leading symptoms. In response to the growing need for mental health support, Unum stated it will offer unlimited mental health co...

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