World Mental Health Day

Facts about Mental Health:

About a quarter of the population will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year
Women are more likely to have been treated for a mental health problem than men
Ten percent of children have a mental health problem at any one time
Depression affects 1 in 5 older people
Suicides rates show that British men are three times as likely to die by suicide than British women
Self-harm statistics for the UK show one of the highest rates in Europe: 400 per 100,000 population
9 in 10 prisoners suffer from some form of mental disorder.

Raising awareness of mental health.