LONDON - A mental health crisis is gripping young Britons and keeping many out of the workforce, threatening to blight the prospects of a generation unless urgent action is taken, according to new research.
The Resolution Foundation warned that workers in their early 20s are now more likely to be economically inactive due to ill health than those in their 40s, after a sharp increase in the last decade.
Over a third of 18-to-24 year olds reported having symptoms of mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder from 2021 to 2022, up from less than a quarter in 2000, the think-tank said.