Facts on Mental Illness:
- Depression is the most common mental health problem among women
- Unipolar depression is 2x as common in women as in men
- Women are 3x more likely than men to engage in non-fatal suicidal behavior and constitute 54% of suicide attempts but are actually less likely to commit suicide
- 18% of suicides are committed by women (the 17th ranking cause of death), while 82% of suicides are committed by men (the 9th ranking cause of death).
- 23% of women vs. 16.9% of men are diagnosed with mental illness
- 10 million women in America suffer from an eating disorder
- 1 in 5 people suffer from a mental illness in America
- 2 out of 3 people with a mental illness go without treatment, due to inability to access care and stigma
- 2.6 million American adults have schizophrenia, 15.7 million have major depressive disorder, 61.2 million are affected by a mental illness, 6.1 million have bipolar disorder
- More than 50% of students with a mental illness age 14+ drop out of high school
- 1 in 5 children have a mental disorder
- 1 in 2 will never receive treatment
- 40% of people with a mental illness have more then one disorder
- $247 billion is spent every year in America on healthcare for those with mental disorders under the age of 24
- 3x more adults take antidepressants now than 10 years ago
- Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses
- In America 55,000 people with a mental illness are in psychiatric hospitals, 3000,000 prison inmates are mentally ill, and 40% of the homeless have a chronic severe mental illness.