Thursday, January 19, 2012

1 In 5 U.S. Adults Had Mental Illness Last Year

Researchers gained some insight into suicide and thoughts of suicide through the report. They found that about 8.7 million Americans contemplated suicide in the last year, while 2.5 million people actually made plans to commit suicide and 1.1 million people attempted suicide.
In addition, 8 percent of teens between ages 12 and 17 reported that they had had a major depressive episode over the last year, according to the report.


That is a lot of depressed people.




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/mental-illness-united-states_n_1216575.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

http://www.samhsa.gov/data/NSDUH/2k10MH_Findings/

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