What is a Mental Health Concern? Signs of Mental Illness Statistics PSA’s Resources    
 
  Alarming Stats -- Our goal is to put an end to these staggering statistics, and help people and families dealing with mental illness to realize that there is hope. If the mental health issue is properly diagnosed and treated, people have a greater chance of living healthy, productive lives to their fullest potential.
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 26.2% (more than one in 4 adults-- approximately 57.7 million Americans-- experience a mental health disorder in a given year. One in 17 has a serious mental illness such as: schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar. About 1 in 10 children have a serious or mental or emotional disorder.
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 Less than one-third of all persons with a mental health disorder receive any professional and/or medical treatment for their illness. This means that approximately 18% of the U.S adult population have a current mental illness at any given time but are receiving NO treatments
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 Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death for those ages 10 to 24. Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S. More than 90% of those who die by suicide have a diagnosable mental disorder.
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 Adults with serious mental illness die 25 years younger than other Americans.
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 In the U.S. the annual economic, indirect cost of mental illness is estimated to be $79 billion. Most of that amount -- approximately $63 billion reflects loss of productivity as a result of illness.
 
   
Above statistics are from NAMI & U.S Dept of Health & Human Services
 
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  In the state of Massachusetts, there were at least 150 "preventable tragedies" between 2005-2008. There were at least 89 deaths (16 people with severe mental illness and 73 other victims, including family members and law enforcement officers.  
     
  In the year 2007, across the U.S, there were 274 "preventable tragedies" resulting in 228 deaths as a result of untreated mental illness. 83 of the victims had mental illness, while 145 others valuable lives were victims of the broken system.  
 
Above statistics are from www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org