One in five young people accesses mental health services by the time they reach the age of eighteen. Numbers have been accelerating before the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular rise after 2010 - only six percent who were born in 1991 having accessed services by the same age [link here]. Another study reported in the same article links this trend to ‘worsening sleep quality, economic pressure, a reduction in children and youth services, and social media and smartphone use.’