Understanding drivers of recent trends in young people’s mental health

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Report

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Publication date

July 1, 2025

Summary:

The report examines the drivers of the growth in poor mental health among 14 to 24-year-olds in England.

Previous efforts to understand the causes of young people’s declining mental health have often focused on examining drivers in isolation or offering only narrative summaries.

Our approach goes significantly further by systematically evaluating multiple theories in parallel, using a combination of data analysis and literature review. We describe specific theories for the trends and assess the strength of evidence supporting each one, highlighting where important gaps remain.

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https://youthfuturesfoundation.org/publication/report-understanding-drivers-of-recent-trends-in-young-peoples-mental-health/

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