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PICTURE OF MENTAL HEALTH
About 25 percent of American adults report moderate to severe mental health issues. The effects of mental illnesses are widespread, affecting men and women; adults and children; the poor and the wealthy.
1 in 3: U.S. adults who report a diagnosable mental health problem per year
Mental illness rates (Women - Men - Both)
- Any anxiety disorder - 23.4% - 14.3% - 19.1%
- Any mood disorder - 11.6% - 7.7% - 9.7%
- Any impulse-control disorder - 9.3% - 11.7% - 10.5%
- Any substance disorder - 11.6% - 15.4% - 13.4%
- Any disorder - 34.7% - 29.9% - 32.4%
For any mental disorder (including substance disorders), the lifetime prevalence rate is 57.4 percent.
More than 90% of people who commit suicide have a diagnosable mental disorder, most commonly a depressive disorder or a substance abuse disorder.
BIG PILL TO SWALLOW
- 400%: Increase in rate of antidepressant use between 1988 and 2008
- Women are 2.5 times more likely to be taking an antidepressant than men
- 23%: Women in their 40s and 50s who take antidepressants
- Higher percentage than any other group (by age or sex)
- Less than 1 in 3: Americans taking a single antidepressant who have seen a mental health professional in the past year
MENTAL HEALTH AND KIDS
- 1 in 2: Mental disorders that begin before the age of 14
- 20%: World's children and adolescents estimated to have mental disorders or problems
MOST COMMON MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
MOOD DISORDERS
- Mood disorders include major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder and bipolar disorder.
- 20.9 million: Adult Americans with a mood disorder - 9.5%
MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
- Major depressive disorder is the leading cause of disability in the U.S. for ages 15-44.
- 14.8 million: American adults with major depressive disorder - 6.7%
BIPOLAR DISORDER
- Bipolar disorder often develops in a person's late teens or early adult years. At least half of all cases start before age 25.
- 5.7 million American adults with bipolar - 2.6%
ANXIETY DISORDERS
- Anxiety disorders include panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and phobias.
- 40 million American adults with an anxiety disorder - 18.1%
SOURCES
- World Health Organizations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Psychcentral.com
