Self-harm, PTSD and mental illness soar among young women in England – survey

Rates of self-harm, post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic mental illness are soaring among young women in England, according to the biggest NHS survey of mental ill-health and treatment since 2007.
In the adult psychiatric morbidity survey by NHS Digital, one in eight young women (12.6%) aged 16-24 screened positive for PTSD (this means they have sufficient symptoms to warrant a clinical assessment, but not necessarily that they have the disorder). That is three times the rate of 4.2% recorded when the government-funded study was last conducted in 2007.
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