Mental Health Facts

FACTS 1

100

1 IN ___ ADULTS IN THE USA EXPERIENCES A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION EACH YEAR 

1 IN 5 ADULTS 

200

____ % OF ALL LIFETIME MENTAL ILLNESS BEGINS BY AGE 14 AND ____ % BY AGE 24

50% BY AGE 14

75% BY AGE 24

300

NAME THE 4 MOST COMMON MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS

ANXIETY

DEPRESSION

ADHD

BIPOLAR 

400

34.5% OF US ADULTS WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS ALSO HAVE A _______  _____ _________

A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER 

500

18.1% OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING _______ IN THE US HAD A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS

HOMELESSNESS

SUICIDE

100

_____ IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS ALL COUNTRIES AND SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXTS 

SUICIDE 

200

20% OF ALL ____ ____  ______ SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED SUICIDE 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 

300

_________ LIVES IN 2021 WERE CLAIMED FROM SUICIDE 

727,000 LIVES 

400

FOR 10-24 YEAR OLDS, SUICIDE IS THE ____ (#) LEADING OF CAUSE OF DEATH 

2ND 

500

EVERY _____ MINUTES, A PERSON DIES FROM SUICIDE

11 MINUTES 

ECONOMY/HOSPITAL

100

9.6% OF US ADULTS WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS HAD NO ____ ______ IN 2024 

INSURANCE COVERAGE 

200

DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY ALONE, COST THE GLOBAL ECONOMY ___ (#) TRILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR 

1 TRILLION DOLLARS 

300

AN EXCESS ECONOMIC BURDEN OF $343.4 BILLION IN THE US WAS CASUED BY WHICH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION?

SCHIZOPHRENIA

400

____ % OF EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS MADE BY US ADULTS EACH YEAR ARE RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH

12.3% 

500

AMONG PEOPLE IN THE US UNDER THE AGE OF 18, ____ DISORDERS ARE THE 2ND LEADING CAUSE OF HOSPITALIZATIONS 

DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS 

CHILDREN/VETERANS

100

ONLY ____ % OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROVIDE EFFECTIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO ALL STUDENTS IN NEED 

56% OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS 

200

1 IN ___ (#) US YOUTH HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION  

1 IN 7 US YOUTH 

300

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH RECENT SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION ARE MORE LIKELY TO WHAT?

DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL COMPARED TO THEIR PEERS WHO DID HAVE THOSE SYMPTOMS 

400

____ MILLION _____ (GROUP OF PEOPLE) EXPERIENCED A MENTAL ILLNESS 

3.5 MILLION US VETERANS 

500

IN 2021, 9.6% OF ACTIVE SERVICE MEMBERS EXPERIENCED A MENTAL HEALTH OR _____ DISORDER 

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER 

PHYSICAL HELATH

100

DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, AND STROKE ARE RISK FACTORS FOR HAVING WHICH DIAGNOSIS?

DEPRESSION 

200

HEART DISEASE, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES, ARTHRITIS, AND COPD/ASTHMA ARE RISK FACTORS FOR WHICH DISORDER?

ANXIETY

300

OBESITY AND SLEEP DISORDERS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH DISORDER?

ADHD

400

_____ CAN MAKE IT HARDER FOR YOUR BODY TO FIGHT OFF ILLNESSES 

STRESS

500

______   _________ MAY CAUSE WEIGHT GAIN, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, AND DIABETES

PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS