A “frightening” wave of austerity-stoked chronic depression is battering young people across the country, researchers found today.
The Prince’s Youth Trust found that 27 per cent of working young people are “always” or “often” depressed – while the figure rocketed to 48 per cent for those not in paid work, education or training.
More than one in 10 young people said they felt unable to cope with day-to-day life, rising to a fifth of those with neither employment, education or training, according to the trust’s annual Youth Index. Continue reading