General Article Suicide rate for young women highest for 20 years as experts warn of mental health crisis

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Olivia Rudgard, Social Affairs Correspondent

Suicide among women in their early twenties is at its highest level in two decades, ONS figures show, as experts warn of a mental health crisis among young women who struggle with the pressures of modern life and social media.

While the overall figures for Great Britain show rates are at a seven-year low, women aged between 20 and 24 are increasingly likely to die by suicide... 

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