Depression

• 14.8 Million Americans suffer from Major Depression. (National Institute of Mental Health, 2005)
• More than 16 million people, or 7.5%, of adults aged 18 and older had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. (National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2007)

Mental Disorders

• There were an estimated 24.3 million, or 10.9 percent, of adults aged 18 or older in the United States with Serious Pyschological Distress in the past year. (National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2007)
• The rate of adults aged 18 and older receiving mental health services in the United States increased from 12.9% of the population in 2006 to 13.2%, or 29.4 million adults, in 2007. (National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2007)
• One out of every four adults, or 26.2 percent of Americans, age 18 and older suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. (Archives of General Psychiatry, 2005)
• Forty-five percent of those with any mental disorder meet criteria for 2 or more disorders, with severity strongly related to comorbidity. (Archives of General Psychiatry, 2005)

Substance Abuse

• More than 22 million people abuse drugs and alcohol. (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2003)
• Alcoholism is a factor in about 30% of all completed suicides. (National Center for Health Statistics, 2005)
• Roughly 5.9% of adolescents aged 12 to 14 drank alcohol in a given month, and 93.4% of them received alcohol for free the last time they drank. (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, 2006-2009)
• In an average year, 30 million Americans drive drunk and 10 million drive while impaired by illicit drugs. (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, 2006-09)

Suicide

• More than 32,000 people in the United States die by suicide every year. Suicide is the 4^th leading cause of death for adults between the ages of 18 and 65 in the U.S.(National Center for Health Statistics, 2005)
• In 2007, more than 34,500 people in the United States committed suicide, which was the 10th leading cause of death residents between aged 85 or younger. (National Institute of Mental Health, 2007)
• 90% of all people who die by suicide have a diagnosable and treatable psychiatric disorder at the time of their death. (National Center for Health Statistics, 2005)
• Between 30 and 70 percent of suicide victims suffer from depression or bipolar disorder. (Mental Health America, 2007)
• Eight out of 10 suicidal people give some sign of their intentions. A person that talks about suicide, threatens to commit suicide or calls a suicide crisis center is 30 times more likely than average to kill themselves. (Mental Health America, 2007)