Grab a piece of paper, write down your answer – Check your accuracy at the end.
1.One in (4 10 25) adults experiences a mental health disorder in a given year.
One in (7 17 30) lives with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder.
About one in (10 20 30) children live with a serious mental or emotional disorder.
2.Major depressive disorder affects (5.8 6.7 12.6) percent of adults. According to the 2004 World Health Report, this is the leading cause of disability in the US and Canada for persons (15-44 23-50 18-48).
3.Anxiety disorders, including panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), generalized anxiety disorder and phobias, affect about (10.6 18.7 25.5) percent of adults.
4.One-half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age (14 18 26), three-quarters by age (19 24 31).
5.Fewer than one-third of adults and (1/4 1/3 1/2) of children with a diagnosable mental disorder receive mental health services in a given year.
6.Suicide is the eleventh-leading cause of death in the Unites States and the (3rd 5th 9th) leading cause of death for people ages 10-24 years. More than (70 80 90) percent of those who die by suicide have a diagnosable mental disorder.
7.Over (25 40 50) percent of students with a mental disorder age 14 and older drop out of high school—the highest dropout rate of any disability group.
Maybe, just maybe, by talking about these statistics we can make a change in them. Mental illness doesn’t have to continue being a taboo subject. We can make a difference! It sometimes takes just one person to start a movement.
Statistical information: www.nami.org - Mental Illness: FACTS AND NUMBERS
“Simply put, treatment works, if you can get it. But in America today, it is clear that many people living with mental illness are not provided with the essential treatment they need.”
—Michael J. Fitzpatrick, executive director of NAMI National, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Grading the States 2006, Arlington, Va.
Answers:
1. 4, 17, 10
2. 6.7, 15-44
3. 18.7
4. 14, 24
5. ½
6. 3rd, 90%
7. 50%
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