Facing Mental Illness

FACING MENTAL ILLNESS MENTAL ILLNESSES ARE MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT DISRUPT A PERSON'S THINKING, FEELING, MOD, ABILITY TO RELATE TO OTHERS AND DAILY FUNCTIONS. MENTAL ILLNESSES AFFECT TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR, ONLY A FRACTION OF WHOM RECEIVE TREATMENT. who suffers from mental illness? TIN 17 Americans live with a serious mental illness. ONE OUT OF FOUR AMERICAN FAMILIES has a relative who has a mental illness. 1 IN 5 CHILDREN has had a seriously debilitating mental disorder. mental illness by the numbers 12-month prevalence for illnesses in U.S. adults 1.1% 6.7% More than 50% of students with a mental disorder age 14 and older drop out of high school. ABOUT 2.6 MILLION Major depressive disorder AFFECTS AMERICAN ADULTS LIVE WITH schizophrenia. ABOUT 15.7 MILLION AMERICAN ADULTS. 26.2% 2.6% AN ESTIMATED 61.2 MILLION 24% of state prisoners have a recent history of a mental health disorder. AMERICAN ADULTS ARE AFFECTED BY a mental disorder. Bipolar disorder AFFECTS 6.1 MILLION AMERICAN ADULTS PER 4.1% YEAR. 31% of adults using homeless services reported having multiple mental illnesses. AN ESTIMATED 9.6 MILLION AMERICAN ADULTS HAVE Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). GENERAL ANXIETY BIPOLAR DISORDER Symptoms include constant worrying or obses- sion, restlessness, fatigue, difficulty concentrat- ing, irritability, shortness of breath and rapid heartbeat. Causes mood swings that range from the lows of depression to the highs of mania. Mood shifts may occur only a few times a year or as often as several times a day. MAJOR DEPRESSION Symptoms include feelings of sadness, irritability or frustration, reduced sex drive, insomnia or excessive sleeping, changes in appetite, agitation, crying spells and unexplained physical problems, such as back pains or headaches. SCHIZOPHRENIA Occurs equally in men and women, with symp- toms including delusions, hallucinations, thought disorder and disorganized behavior. average ages of mental illness diagnosis CHILDHOOD TEENS TWENTIES THIRTIES 7 YEARS OLD: ADHD 20 - 30 YEARS OLD: DEPRESSION 14 YEARS OLD: 50% OF ALL LIFETIME MENTAL DISORDERS 30 YEARS OLD: MOOD DISORDERS 11 YEARS OLD: ANXIETY DISORDER 25 YEARS OLD: BIPOLAR DISORDER 30 - 34 YEARS OLD: SCHIZOPHRENIA IN WOMEN 16 - 19 YEARS OLD: SCHIZOPHRENIA IN MEN adolescents with mental illness 12-MONTH PREVALENCE OF MENTAL ILLNESSES {children 8 to 15 years} 8.6% - ADHD 3.7% - MooD. DiSORDERS 2.7% - MAJOR DEPRESSION 2.1% - CONDUCT DISORDER 90% 1.0% - DySTHYMIA More than 90% OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WHO 0.7% - ANXIETY DISORDERS 0.4% - PANIC DıSORDER 0.3% - GENERALIZED ANXIETY DiSORDERS COMMIT SUICIDE HAVE A MENTAL DISORDER. 0.1% - EATING DISORDER getting treatment THE ECONOMIC COST OF UNTREATED MENTAL ILLNESS IS MORE THAN $100 BILLION ANNUALLY IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS MONEY IS SPENT ON ADDICTION TREATMENT, INCARCERATION, HOMELESS SHELTERS AND OTHER PREVENTABLE DIFFICULTIES, LIKE LOST PRODUCTIVITY AT WORK. ONLY 41.1% of Americans WITH A MENTAL DISORDER RECEIVE TREATMENT; 13.4% OF THAT TREATMENT IS ALTHOUGH WOMEN EXPERIENCE SERIOUS MINIMALLY ADEQUATE. MENTAL ILLNESS AT ROUGHLY TWICE THE RATE OF MEN, THEY ARE 50% LESS LIKELY TO SEEK TREATMENT. TREATMENT SUCCESS RATES 80% BIPOLAR DISORDER 65% LESS THAN 1/3 OF ADULTS WITH A DIAGNOSABLE MENTAL DISORDER RECEIVE ANY MENTAL HEALTH MAJOR DEPRESSION 40% SERVICES IN A GIVEN YEAR. SCHIZOPHRENIA 70% 90% OF THOSE WHO RECEIVE PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL USC TREATMENT HAVE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF SYMPTOMS AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE. SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK design by francesca greggs & lemonwood design. SOURCES: NAMI.ORG NIMH.NIH.GOV IMAYOCLINIC.COM CENSUS.GOV