How common are mental illnesses in the UK?

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• Anxiety will affect 10% of the population
• Bipolar disorder will affect one in 100
• One in every 150 15-year-old girls will get anorexia, and one in every 1000 15-year-old boys
• 20% of people will become depressed at some point in their lives
• OCD will affect 2%
• Personality disorder will affect one in 10, though for some it won’t be severe
• Schizophrenia will affect one in 100

Source: Royal College of Psychiatrists

If you want to read some more follow this link to the BBC article: When does your Mental Health become a problem?