Panorama: Mental Health: Young Lives in Crisis (S2022EP23 BBC One Tues 5 July 2022)

Mental Health: Young Lives in Crisis: Panorama reveals the difficulties faced by clinicians every day as demand for services rises to previously unheard-of levels in the wake of the pandemic thanks to its exclusive access to the UK’s largest mental health service and some of its young patients. One in nine young people were thought to have a diagnosable mental health condition in 2017. The current estimate is one in six.

Dealing with growing waiting lists, staff shortages and more young people turning up at A&E in crisis, staff at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust open up about the pressures they face, whilst four young people with a range of complex needs and their families offer a rare insight into what it means to live with mental health conditions.

Airdate: Tues 5 July 2022 at 21:00 on BBC One

Season 2022 Episode 23

Panorama is a current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.