Covid, Brexit and Liz Truss mini-budget led to lasting decline in mental health, study finds
Summary
A study found that major events like Brexit, Covid-19 lockdowns, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Liz Truss’s mini-budget caused a lasting decline in mental health in the UK over the past decade. These events led to big increases in depression and anxiety, with many more people visiting doctors for mental health issues.Key Facts
- The study used data from 87,857 UK people collected between 2009 and 2024.
- Brexit in 2016 and the first Covid lockdown in 2020 caused the biggest rises in mental health problems.
- Brexit led to about 120,000 more people seeking medical help for depression.
- The first Covid lockdown caused around 900,000 more doctor visits for depression.
- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine added about 15,000 more monthly depression cases.
- Liz Truss’s mini-budget in 2022 led to 23,000 more monthly doctor visits due to depression.
- Mental health decline has stayed high and has not returned to pre-2016 levels.
- Poor mental health in the UK costs the economy around £300 billion each year.
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