Analysis

Economic crisis sees young people's mental health and wellbeing suffer

7 mins read Health Mental health
The rising cost of living is adversely impacting children's mental health, resulting in a rise in referrals to health and social care services. Experts call for more funding so agencies can deliver vital support to prevent long-term harm.
Thrive schools say they are increasingly stepping into the breach as the public sector in particular is struggling to cope. Picture: dglimages/Adobe Stock
Thrive schools say they are increasingly stepping into the breach as the public sector in particular is struggling to cope. Picture: dglimages/Adobe Stock

Money worries have replaced Covid-19 as the key concern for most children and young people, according to a longitudinal study commissioned by children's mental health charity YoungMinds.

The research, which tracked 500 young people aged 11 to 24 over two years, saw money concerns rise 16 per cent year on year in 2022.

“We found that money worries are affecting the mental health of children as young as 11: two per cent of 11-year-olds said money worries had made them feel angry, unhappy, negative, anxious or stressed in the past three months, and four in 10 said they had struggled to cope with money worries,” says Olly Parker, head of external affairs at YoungMinds.

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