9 shocking facts about mental health services in Britain

The death of Robin Williams has put mental health problems in the spotlight. But the Royal College of Psychiatrists today warned that NHS mental health services are running "dangerously close to collapse". Here are 9 facts that tell you everything you need to know about the state of mental health services in Britain.

Every year 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem.

Source: Mind

Depression affects one in 12 people in Britain.

Source: Mental Health Foundation

Nine out of 10 people with a mental health problem will experience stigma and discrimination.

Source: Time to Change

Mental health accounts for 28 per cent of the burden of disease, but gets just 13 per cent of the NHS budget.

Source: Mental Health Foundation

NHS England and Monitor (the body that regulates health services) recommended earlier this year that mental health services should be cut by 20 per cent more than for acute hospitals.

Source: Guardian

In April this year there were 3,640 fewer nurses and 213 fewer doctors working in mental health compared to 2012.

Source: Health Service Journal investigation

A BBC freedom of information request in December 2013 found mental health trusts in England had their funding cut by more than 2 per cent in real terms since 2011.

Source: BBC

More than half of councils in England have frozen or cut funding for adolescent mental health budgets.

Source: BBC

People with mental health problems are far more dangerous to themselves than to the general public. 90 per cent of people who die through suicide in Britain are experiencing mental health problems or mental health distress.

Source: Time to Change