The most recent survey for the NHS (Newlove-Delgado et al, 2023) reported that in the UK, just over 20% of children aged 8 to 16 and about 23% of 17 to 19-year-olds have a “probable mental disorder” (figures that rose between 2017 and 2021, covering the period of the pandemic, but neither rose nor fell between 2022 and 2023).
These figures are truly appalling. But they are also hard to evaluate. They are based on interpretations of self-report from children and teenagers, rather than on clinical assessment. No break-down of the nature or severity of these “probable mental disorders” is provided.
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