Women's mental health: Tailoring support to fit around women's lives Factors from hormones to family life can all impact on women’s mental health. How can innovation help to shift their care from one-size-fits all to gender-informed? In the UK, one in five women live with a common mental health disorder, such as anxiety or depression, compared to one in eight men4v. Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from anxiety disorders , and rates of self-harm in young women (aged 16-24) rose dramatically between 2000 and 20143. However, it is also clear that women are more likely than men to open up about their feelings, and seek psychological support for mental health difficulties. You might also be interested in... Forgotten women: tackling women’s health in mid and later life How innovation is transforming period care A Science Group company About Services Markets Other Science Group companies Leatherhead Food Research TSG Consulting Frontier Smart Technologies Get in contact Cambridge, UK Great Burgh, UK London, UK Washington DC, USA info@sagentiainnovation.com © Copyright Sagentia Innovation 2021 Terms of use Privacy policy Cookies policy Modern Slavery Statement Sitemap Follow us on: Get in touch Click here to see the latest version of our privacy policy.