# Mental health admissions to medical wards: 65% increase in a decade for young

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**Created:** [January 20, 2026, 8:40am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/mental-health-admissions-to-medical-wards-65-increase-in-a-decade-for-young/1928 "2026-01-20T08:40:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![firemonkey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/firemonkey/32/1229_2.png) [@firemonkey](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/firemonkey)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 8:40am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/mental-health-admissions-to-medical-wards-65-increase-in-a-decade-for-young/1928/1 "2026-01-20T08:40:59Z")

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> **[Mental health admissions to medical wards: 65% increase in a decade for young...](https://www.nationalelfservice.net/populations-and-settings/hospital-admissions/mental-health-admissions-to-medical-wards-65-increase-in-a-decade-for-young-people/)**
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> Mental health admissions to acute medical wards rose 65% for young people in England (2012-2022), with eating disorder admissions up 515% and anxiety admissions doubling in 10 years. Self-harm admissions accounted for more than half of the total....

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**Author:** ![POET](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/poet/32/485_2.png) [@POET](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/POET)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/mental-health-admissions-to-medical-wards-65-increase-in-a-decade-for-young/1928/2 "2026-01-20T09:09:12Z")

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i imagine its because of increased awareness atleast in part. within the last 10-20 years i feel like people have become much more aware with ad campaigns talking about it etc

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**Author:** ![Banjo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/banjo/32/15059_2.png) [@Banjo](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Banjo)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 9:17am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/mental-health-admissions-to-medical-wards-65-increase-in-a-decade-for-young/1928/3 "2026-01-20T09:17:18Z")

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Too many Undiagnosed Personality Disorders under guise of “anxiety”. Young folk getting into cycles of bad habits and behaviours and then cannot cope when it goes wrong and threaten to harm or top themselves. And end up eating into resources needed for the mentally ill. I experienced it creeping up in my time as a nurse, and currently as a patient (both in and outpatient).

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**Author:** ![SzSupportAdmin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/szsupportadmin/32/334_2.png) [@SzSupportAdmin](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/SzSupportAdmin)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/mental-health-admissions-to-medical-wards-65-increase-in-a-decade-for-young/1928/4 "2026-02-03T00:00:47Z")

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