• 1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year
• 1 in 20 U.S. adults experience serious mental illness each year
• 1 in 6 U.S. youth ages 6-17 experience a mental disorder each year
• More than 50% of people with a mental health condition did not receive treatment within < 1 yr
• 1 in 4 people with a serious mental illness have been arrested
• 2 in 5 adults in prison have a history of mental illness
• 7 in 10 youth in the juvenile justice system have a mental health condition
• On average, 1 person in the U.S. dies by suicide every 11 minutes
The stigma and discrimination of mental health care stops many of us from seeking treatment or living the lives that we desire.
With greater investment in #mentalhealth care and education, we can build a society where people can access everything they need to thrive within their communities.
By reinvesting the over $25 billion spent nationwide into Social-Emotional Learning Skills and Emotional Intelligence Awareness, we can properly train our young men to have educated engineers, skilled workers, AND have enough funding to rebuild the American infrastructure that fuels THIS American economy.
How are you feeling today?
Note: Information obtained from National Alliance on Mental Health Illness
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