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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Anna Bawden

UK childhood mental health crisis to cost £1.1tn in lost pay, study finds

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Mental health problems in childhood have an impact on school attendance, job prospects and earnings potential. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

More than £1tn will be lost in lifetime earnings in the UK as a direct result of the mental health crisis in young people, research estimates.

Published to launch the new Future Minds mental health campaign, the study forecasts the financial burden of failing to tackle the mental health crisis.

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