Mental Health

Mental health is a much-used term that acts as an umbrella for both for a sense of general emotional well-being and for specific mental health conditions including anxiety, bi-polar disorder, depression, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and schizophrenia.

Mental health issues are common and one quarter of all adults will experience a mental health problem in any given year. This results in greater instances of hospital admissions and mortality. The latest data available for self-harm, depression, suicide and the impact of severe mental illness on excess mortality in Central Bedfordshire can found by following the links below.

• Emergency hospital admissions for intentional self harm – standardised admission ratio

• Depression: QOF prevalence (aged 18+)

• Suicide rate (Male)

• Suicide rate (Female)

• Excess under 75 mortality rate in adults with severe mental illness (SMI)