Facts About Mental Illness
1 in 4 by Jeffrey Sparr
- Mental illnesses are biologically based brain disorders
- 26% of Americans have a diagnosable mental disorder
- 6% of Americans have a serious mental illness
- 12 million children under age 18 suffer from mental disorders such as autism, depression, and hyperactivity
- Mental illness will strike one in four families!
- 4 of the top 10 causes for disability are mental disorders
- #1 reason for hospital admissions nationwide is psychiatric disorders
- More hospital beds are occupied by persons with serious mental illness than by persons with cancer, lung disease, and heart disease combined
- Economic cost of untreated mental illness in US alone is over $100 billion dollars annually
