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Urgent campaign launches to increase awareness of psychosis
1 min read |Last updated: 21/03/2022
Urgent campaign launches to increase awareness of psychosis, as research shows a quarter of young people at greatest risk have never heard of it. A quarter of 18–34-year-olds (24%) say they have not heard of psychosis* One third (34%) of GB adults said they don’t know how confident they would be that they could spot symptoms of psychosis, compared...
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Symptoms of psychosis significantly increased during pandemic
1 min read |Last updated: 18/10/2021
*** Please note this article was corrected on 20/10. These statistics have been revised following the identification of a data quality issue with the information provided to NHS Digital *** The charity Rethink Mental Illness has raised alarm at the significant increase in the number of people referred to mental health services with suspected First Episodes...
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Young people and psychosis: Our new research says they are unaware of warning signs despite being most at risk
1 min read |Last updated: 09/10/2023
Rethink Mental Illness' bid to raise awareness of psychosis among young people as they start university, often a time of stress and change which can trigger mental health problems. Psychosis affects 1 in 100 people and the first episode is most likely to happen aged 18-24 New research says that fewer than 1 in 5 (17%) young people would be confident...
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