June: Mental Health News
Mental Illness Numbers
The National Institute of Mental Health reports that 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. (51.5 million) lives with mental illness.
Prevalence by condition, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, looks like this:
- 19.1% (48 million) of American adults live with anxiety disorders.
- 7.8% (19.4 million) of American adults live with major depression.
- 3.6% (9 million) of Americans adults live with post-traumatic stress disorder.
- 2.8% (7 million) of American adults live with bipolar disorder.
- 1.2% (3 million) of American adults live with obsessive compulsive disorder.
- Less than 1% percent (1.5 million) of American adults live with schizophrenia.
All of this comes with a high price tag. NAMI reports that “serious mental illness costs America $193.2 billion in lost earnings every year.” And 90% of people who die by suicide, which is among the top causes of death in the U.S. (it was No. 11 in 2020), have an underlying mental illness.
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It’s important to seek help if you have any mental health symptoms; the longer you let symptoms go unchecked, the more your condition can progress.
- The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255.
- The Crisis Text Hotline: Text HOME to 741741.
- The NAMI Helpline: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264).
- The Trevor Lifeline: 1-866-488-7386.
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