One in five American adults experienced a mental health issue.
One in 10 young people experienced a period of major depression.
One in 25 Americans lived with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression
43.8 million adults experience mental illness in a given year.
90% of those who die by suicide have an underlying mental illness. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S.
Nearly 50% of youth aged 8-15 didn’t receive mental health services in the previous year.
African American & Hispanic Americans used mental health services at about 1/2 the rate of whites in the past year and Asian Americans at about 1/3 the rate.
https://www.nami.org/nami/media/nami-media/infographics/generalmhfacts.pdf
https://www.mentalhealth.gov/basics/mental-health-myths-facts
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