• Question: What is the most common age to get metal health issues like anxiety and depression?

    Asked by anon-237797 to Peter, Mhairi, Madeleine, Catherine, Andrew on 14 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Mhairi Bowe

      Mhairi Bowe answered on 14 Mar 2020:


      Mental distress can happen at any time, but teenage years can be very hard for younger people as we are also going through lots of other stresses and transitions at that time.

    • Photo: Catherine Talbot

      Catherine Talbot answered on 17 Mar 2020:


      Good question! Mental health issues can begin at any time in life, but there is some evidence that shows they most commonly begin during teenage years. If you think about it, this makes a lot of sense as there is a lot of stress during this time and lot of changes that are happening!

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