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Part 1 of the Adult Psychiatric Morbidty Survey (APMS) for 2023/4 has been published (see website ). The last time this survey was sampled was in 2014 (see previous post ). Despite the proportion of 16 to 74 year olds with common mental health condition symptoms reporting receipt of treatment increasing from 24.4% in 2007 to 39.4% in 2014 to 47.7% in 2023/4, the proportion of 16 to 64 year olds identified with a common mental disorder has also increased from 17.6% in 2007 to 18.9% in 2014 to 22.
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