Mental Health Challenges Affect Everyone

Myth: Mental health problems don't affect me.

Fact: Mental health problems are actually very common. In 2020, about:

• One in five American adults experienced a mental health issue

• One in 6 young people experienced a major depressive episode

• One in 20 Americans lived with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression

Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States. In fact, it was the 2nd leading cause of death for people ages 10-24. It accounted for the loss of more than 45,979 American lives in 2020, nearly double the number of lives lost to homicide

Did You Know?

According to a report published by the World Health Organization,

• 450 million people currently have a mental illness.

• 100,306 Americans lost their lives to overdoses from April 2020 to April 2021. 

• This is the highest number of Americans lost to overdoses ever recorded.