Statistics
Mental health challenges are more common than you might realize.
Why should you care about your mental health?
On average, 1 in 5 (20%) of individuals between 13-18 years old live with a diagnosable mental illness.
37% of teenagers drop out of school who have a mental illness by age 14 and older.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death for children and teenagers.
90% of individuals who die by suicide had a mental illness
People who identify as LGBTQ are twice as likely to struggle with mental health
LGBTQ individuals are three times more likely as their heterosexual peers to consider suicide
Source: National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Discover more: https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-By-the-Numbers