Statistics

Mental Health Statistics in the United States population.

22.5%, or about 44 million Americans (ages 18 or older), experience some type of mental disorder each year.
Source: National Institute of Mental Health, 1998

10 million Americans suffer from a serious mental illnesses of which nearly half of whom have severe and persistent disorders.
Source:Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1997

1%, or more than 2.5 million Americans, have schizophrenia
Source: National Foundation for Brain Research, 1996

More than 19 million Americans suffer from anxiety disorders.
Source: NIMH, 1998

7 %, or more than 19 million Americans each year suffer from clinical depression.
Source NIMH, 1998

Late-life depression affects about six million adults, but only 10 percent receive treatment Source: Brown University Long Term Care Quarterly, 1997

Depression will be the second greatest cause of premature death and disability worldwide by the year 2020.
Source: World Health Organization, 1998

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