DOI: 10.5255/ukda-sn-9372-1
title: Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2022: Special Licence Access
title: Mental Health of Children and Young People Surveys
title: MHCYP Wave 3

description: &lt;p class="nhsd-t-body" style="backface-visibility: hidden; font-family: &quot;Frutiger W01&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13.5px; margin-bottom: 0.833333rem; color: rgb(63, 82, 95);"&gt;The &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Mental Health of Children and Young People&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Surveys&lt;/span&gt; (MHCYP) series provides data about the mental health of young people living in Great Britain.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="nhsd-t-body" style="backface-visibility: hidden; font-family: &quot;Frutiger W01&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13.5px; margin-bottom: 0.833333rem; color: rgb(63, 82, 95);"&gt;The MHCYP was first carried out in 1999, capturing information on 5 to 15-year-olds. It was conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on behalf of the Department of Health (now known as the Department of Health and Social Care, or DHSC), The Scottish Health Executive and the National Assembly for Wales. The following survey in the series was conducted in 2002 and focused on children looked after by their local authority. The third survey was conducted in 2004 and collected information from 5 to 16-year-olds. Follow-ups to this survey were conducted after 6 months and again after 3 years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="nhsd-t-body" style="backface-visibility: hidden; font-family: &quot;Frutiger W01&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13.5px; margin-bottom: 0.833333rem; color: rgb(63, 82, 95);"&gt;NHS Digital commissioned the 2017 survey on behalf of the DHSC. It collected information on 2 to 19-year-olds living in England. The survey was carried out by a consortium led by NatCen Social Research, which included the ONS and Youth In Mind.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="nhsd-t-body" style="backface-visibility: hidden; font-family: &quot;Frutiger W01&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13.5px; margin-bottom: 0.833333rem; color: rgb(63, 82, 95);"&gt;The MHCYP 2020 survey was a Wave 1 follow-up to the 2017 survey and was conducted under the COVID-19 Public Health Directions 2020, as directed by the then Secretary of State for Health. The Wave 2 follow-up was conducted in 2021, and Wave 3 in 2022.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="nhsd-t-body" style="backface-visibility: hidden; font-family: &quot;Frutiger W01&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13.5px; margin-bottom: 0.833333rem; color: rgb(63, 82, 95);"&gt;Further information can be found on the NHS Digital &lt;a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/corporate-information-and-documents/directions-and-data-provision-notices/secretary-of-state-directions/mental-health-and-wellbeing-surveys-directions-2021/mental-health-of-children-and-young-people-surveys" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Mental Health of Children and Young People Surveys&lt;/a&gt; webpage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="nhsd-t-body" style="backface-visibility: hidden; font-family: &quot;Frutiger W01&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13.5px; margin-bottom: 0.833333rem; color: rgb(63, 82, 95);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;A similar series covering adults, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;Adult Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt; is also commissioned by NHS Digital. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;The Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2022 (MHCYP) study is the third in a series of follow up surveys to the MHCYP 2017, exploring the mental health of children and young people in England. The 2022 follow up survey was carried out by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), the Office for National Statistics (ONS), University of Cambridge and University of Exeter, was funded by a grant from the UK Research and Innovation (CVR&amp;I 472) and the Department of Health and Social Care, and commissioned by NHS England (formerly NHS Digital, who merged with NHS England on 1st February 2023).&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The three main aims of MHCYP 2022 were:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;To compare the likelihood of probable mental disorder in 6 to 16 year olds and 17 to 19 year olds in 2017 with that of 6 to 16 year olds and 17 to 19 year olds in 2020 and 2021, overall and by subgroup (age, sex and ethnic group). Describe other aspects of children and young people’s health in 2021 including on, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), long-term physical health conditions and possible eating problems (and compare with any comparable data available).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;To describe the wider circumstances and experiences of children and young people during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic focusing on February and March 2021 and the preceding months, including comparisons with 2017 and 2020 where data were available.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;To present more detailed data on the mental health, circumstances and experiences of children and young people by ethnic group during the coronavirus pandemic.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;