Coastal disadvantage and youth mental health: emerging evidence from England

• Publication Type: Report
• Publication date: 1 July 2025

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Summary

New research using Understanding Society has found that young adults living in the most deprived coastal areas of England are more likely to rate their mental health lower, and to live with an undiagnosed mental health condition, than those who lived in an equally deprived area inland.This policy briefing includes recommendations for national and local government.

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https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/impact/young-adults-in-coastal-areas-face-double-whammy-of-poor-mental-health/#:~:text=New%20research%20using%20Understanding%20Society,an%20equally%20deprived%20area%20inland.