Common mental disorders

Help us with changes and streamlining of our profiles 

Following the health and social care statistical outputs consultation and the responses published in November 2024, we are running user engagement webinars on the below responses: 

1. Combining and streamlining of ‘Children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing’ and ‘Perinatal mental health’ profiles 

2. Combining and streamlining of ‘Severe mental illness’ and ‘Common mental disorders’ profiles 

3. Removal of the ‘Mental health and wellbeing JSNA' profile and for indicators and topic content to be covered by the remaining mental health profiles 

There will be 2 dates available for each combined profile. Please note that changes to ‘Mental health and wellbeing JSNA’ profile will be covered in all sessions.  

If you are interested in providing input on the changes, please complete the registration form.  If you are interested in finding out more and inputting on both combined profiles, please select a suitable date for each webinar.  

If you have any queries on the webinars, please email MHIN@dhsc.gov.uk.  

About the 'Common mental disorders' profile

The profile provides information with which to develop an understanding of common mental health disorders (CMHD) at a local level and so empower an intelligence-driven approach. The profile collates and presents a wide range of data, developed from a variety of relevant, robust sources. The profiling tool allows planners, providers and stakeholders to profile their area and benchmark against similar populations. The aim is to provide information for improvement, not judgement.

Tool structure

The CMHD profiling tool brings together a range of data, presented in the form of indicators, which are divided into eight topic areas:

  • CMHD pathway
  • Risk and related factors
  • Prevalence
  • Services
  • Quality and outcomes
  • Outcomes by problem descriptor
  • Availability of therapy type
  • Exploring inequality

A number of geographies are available with which to view each indicator and these include NHS geographies such as clinical commissioning group (CCG), integrated care board (ICB), and local government geographies such as upper tier local authority (UTLA) and regions, as well as England level data.

Supporting information

The mental health intelligence network also produces a range of additional intelligence products with which to assist health professionals in key decision-making. The range of information, when used alongside the profile may enable and improve decisions about local services. Further resources can be found at:

Contact us

For enquiries and feedback relating to the mental health intelligence profiles, please email: mhin@dhsc.gov.uk