Mental Health First Aid Training.

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• Mental illness is the second-largest source of burden of disease in England. Mental illnesses are more common, long-lasting and impactful than other health conditions (1)

• At any given time, 1 in 6 working-age adults have symptoms associated with mental ill health (2)

• Mental ill health is responsible for 72 million working days lost and costs £34.9 billion each year (3)

• People with a long-term mental health condition lose their jobs every year at around double the rate of those without a mental health condition. This equates to 300,000 people – the equivalent of the population of Newcastle or Belfast (4)

• 70-75% of people with diagnosable mental illness receive no treatment at all (5)

• 69% of UK line managers say that supporting employee wellbeing is a core skill, but only 13% have received mental health training. 35% of line managers reported a wish for basic training in common mental health conditions (6)

• Depression is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and a major contributor to suicide and coronary heart disease (7)

References:(1) Public Health England. Health profile for England: 2019 [Internet]. 2019. Available from: gov.uk

(2) McManus S, Bebbington P, Jenkins R, Brugha T. Mental health and wellbeing in England: Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2014 [Internet]. Leeds; 2016. Available from: content.digital.nhs.uk

(3) Centre for Mental Health. Mental health at work: The business costs ten years on [Internet]. 2017 [cited 2017 Oct 16]. Available from:centreformentalhealth.org.uk

(4) Stevenson D, Farmer P. Thriving at work: The Independent Review of Mental Health and Employers [Internet]. 2017 [cited 2017 Nov 22]. Available from: gov.uk

(5) Davies SC. Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2013, Public Mental Health Priorities: Investing in the Evidence [Internet]. 2014. Available from: gov.uk 

(6) Business in the Community. Mental Health at Work 2019: Time To Take Ownership [Internet]. 2019. Available from: wellbeing.bitc.org.uk

(7) A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet [Internet]. 2018 Nov 10 [cited 2020 Jan 7];392(10159):1789–858. Available from: thelancet.com