Mental Illness Awareness Week is this week!

In honor of Mental Illness Awareness Week, here are some Mental Illness Facts and Numbers, provided by NAMI!

For the full list, please visit:
http://www.nami.org/factsheets/mentalillness_factsheet.pdf.

~ One in four adults−approximately 61.5 million 

Americans−experience mental illness in a given 

year. One in 17−about 13.6 million−live with a serious 

mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression 

or bipolar disorder.

~ Approximately 20 percent of youth ages 13 to 18 

experience severe mental disorders in a given year. For 

ages 8 to 15, the estimate is 13 percent.

~ Approximately 1.1 percent of American adults—

about 2.6 million people—live with schizophrenia.

~ Approximately 2.6 percent of American adults−6.1 

million people−live with bipolar disorder.

~ Approximately 6.7 percent of American adults−about 

14.8 million people−live with major depression.4

~ Approximately 18.1 percent of American adults−about 

42 million people−live with anxiety disorders, such as 

panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), 

posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), generalized 

anxiety disorder and phobias.

~ About 9.2 million adults have co-occurring mental 

health and addiction disorders.

~Approximately 26 percent of homeless adults staying 

in shelters live with serious mental illness and an 

estimated 46 percent live with severe mental illness 

and/or substance use disorders.

~ Approximately 20 percent of state prisoners and 21 

percent of local jail prisoners have “a recent history” of 

a mental health condition.

~ Seventy percent of youth in juvenile justice systems 

have at least one mental health condition and at least 

20 percent live with a severe mental illness.