'The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) series provides data on the prevalence of both treated and untreated psychiatric disorder in the English adult population (aged 16 and over).' 'The survey used a robust stratified, multi-stage probability sample of households and assesses psychiatric disorder to actual diagnostic criteria for several disorders.'
Trends:
- One in six adults have a common mental disorder
- 1 in 5 women, 1 in eight men
- Women are more likely to report severe symptoms than men
- Young women have emerged as a high-risk group in terms of developing a mental illness. This is based on high rates of self harm and positive screens for post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar
- Mental disorders are more common in people who live alone, in poor physical health and not employed
- 1/3 adults aged 16-74 with conditions such as anxiety or depression were accessing mental health treatment
Treatment and service use:
- One in three people with CMD reported current use of mental health in 2014, this demonstrates a small increase from the published reports in 2000 and 2007
- afer controlling for level of need, people who were White British, female, or in mid-life (especially aged 35 to 54) were more likely to receive treatment. People in the Black ethnic group had particularly low treatment rates.
- people living in lower income households were more likely to have requested but not received a particular mental health treatment
- Since 2007, people with CMD had become more likely to use community services and more likely to discuss their mental health with a GP
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