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1) 18% of US adults have a mental health condition (43 million)
2) Nearly half of those 18% have a co-occurring condition or
dual-diagnosis
3) 9.6 million experience suicide ideation
What are the numbers related to 4) 16 million US adults experience an episode of depression in a
mental illness in America? given year (6.9%, leading cause of disability in America)
5) 33% of individuals with MDD engage in substance abuse
6) Approximately 1 in 25 adults in the US experience a serious
mental illness in a given year (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder,
schizo affective)
1) 1 in 100 US adults live with schizophrenia
2) 2.6% of US adults live with bipolar disorder
3) 18.1% of US adults live with anxiety disorders (PTSD, OCD,
What are the numbers related to
phobias)
SPECIFIC mental illnesses in
4) 20.2 million adults in the U.S. experienced substance use
America?
disorder and over half had a co-occurring disorder
5) 1 in 5 youth ages 13-18 experience a severe mental disorder at
some point in their life (8-13 = 15%)
1) Serious mental illness costs America nearly $200 billion in lost
earning per year
2) Mood disorders are the 3rd most common cause of
hospitalization in the US for people 18-44
3) Increased risk of having chronic medical conditions with a
severe mental illness
What are the consequences for 4) Die about 25 years earlier with a severe mental illness
lack of mental health treatment? 5) 1/3 of students 14-21 served by special education drop out if
they have a severe mental illness
6) Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US, the 3rd for
10-24, and 2nd for 15-24
7) More than 90% of children who die by suicide have a mental
illness
8) 22 veterans die each day by suicide
, 1) Mental illnesses are not a result of: personal weakness, lack of
good character, and poor upbringing
Who, What, and How does
2) Mental illnesses can affect persons of any: age, race/ethnicity,
mental illness affect America?
gender, religion, and socioeconomic class
3) Mental illnesses are treatable and recovery can happen
1) Goal: snapshot for policy/program planning, analysis and
What was the goal and purpose evaluation, data changes impact on legislation, increase dialog
for Mental Health America's and improve outcomes
"Ranking of the Nation"? 2) Purpose: measure need, assess services, and improve
outcomes
Adults with:
1) Any mental illness (AMI)
2) Alcohol or illicit drug dependence
3) Serious thoughts of suicide
4) With disability who could not afford to see doctor because of
cost
5) AMI and no treatment
What does Mental Health 6) AMI with unmet needs
America's "Ranking of the 7) AMI and no insurance
Nation" measure?
Youth with:
1) At least one major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year
2) Alcohol dependence or illicit drug use
3) Severe MDE
4) MDE with no treatment
5) Severe MDE with some consistent treatment
6) Private insurance that does not cover mental health
What are the states with the 1. Massachusetts
LOWEST prevalence of mental 2. South Dakota
illness and the HIGHEST rates of 3. Minnesota
access to care? 11. Illinois
What are the states with the 1. Nevada
HIGHEST prevalence of mental 2. Mississippi
illness and the LOWEST rates of 3. Arizona
access to care?
1) 1 in 5 adults have a mental illness
2) More americans have access to services but most still lack
What did Mental Health America
access to care
find with their study?
3) Serious mental health workforce shortage
4) Cost is a barrier to treatment
1) The "insane" and "lunatics" were cared for by family members or
became wards and lived in: homes/subsidized households,
almshouses/poor houses, and hospitals
2) Beginning of institutionalization
What was the focus of the
3) Mental illness was a social and economic problem, not a
Asylum/Mental Hospital/Moral
medical problem
Treatment Period (1750-1890s)?
4) In 1752, first hospital to offer distinct mental health unit
opened in Philidelphia
5) In 1773, the first public mental hospital opened in
Williamsburg, VA