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The social and economic circumstances of adults with mental disorders

Report based on the analysis of the ONS Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity among Adults in Great Britain carried out in 2000 for the Department of Health, the Scottish Executive Health Department and the Welsh Assembly Government

This report presents the findings from a survey of psychiatric morbidity among adults aged 16 to 74 living in private households in Great Britain. The report focuses mainly on the extent to which people with different types of mental disorder (neuroses, psychoses, alcohol and drug dependence) differ from those without a disorder on: educational attainment, economic activity, financial circumstances, housing, activities of daily living, the experience of stressful events and social functioning.