10 Protection Partner Article Mental Health Pressures Could Cost £170bn, Equivalent to 5% of UK GDP Our new report finds a third of workingage adults may be affected, deepening workforce shortages and productivity losses. • By 2030, almost one in three workingage adults (32%) in the UK may be living with a mental health condition • Teenage mental health rates are projected to reach 64%, twice the adult rate, Mental as the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs) hits a five year high • 63 days of healthy life lost every year for those with mental health conditions, valued at £298bn annually • People with mental health conditions are 29 percentage points less likely to be working, giving the UK one of the strongest links between poor mental health and long term economic inactivity Our global report, The Value of Mental Health, warns the UK faces a major economic and social crisis unless mental health support moves from simply diagnosing conditions to actively helping people to enter, remain in and return to the workforce. The report reveals that by 2030 almost one in three (32%) working age adults in the UK are projected to be living with a mental health condition, giving the UK the highest rate of diagnosed mental illness among comparable high income economies. This figure is forecast to be twice as high (64%) among teenagers aged 15–19 within the next five years, raising fears about what this could mean for the future workforce. Anxiety disorders (49%) and major depressive disorder (26%) account for the majority of diagnosed conditions, alongside other mental disorders (7%), dysthymia (4%), autism spectrum disorders (3%), ADHD (3%) and bipolar disorder (3%).
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