Did You Know....

Expanded studies have showed that there is a higher percentage of mental illness in blacks
http://www.consumerstar.org/pubs/AAMH.pdf

African Americans are more likely to use the emergency room for mental health issues
http://www.allaboutblackhealth.com/new_page_19.htm

Incidence Rate for Mental illness: approx 1 in 4 or 22.10% or 60.1 million people in USA
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/m/mental_illness/stats-country.htm

In addition, 4 of the 10 leading causes of disability in the U.S. and other developed countries are mental disorders-major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder
http://www.geocities.com/bipolargirl187/mental.html

Late-life depression affects about six million adults, but only 10 percent receive treatment

Depression will be the second greatest cause of premature death and disability worldwide by the year 2020
http://www.everypurpose.org/statistics/statistics.htm

Four of the 10 leading causes of disability—major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder—are mental illnesses
http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih5/mental/guide/info-mental-a.htm

Mental illness usually develops during early adulthood (ages 18-24)

Treatment for patients with mental illness is 60-80% effective
http://www.brown.edu/Courses/BC0168_S9/Student%20Pages/statistics.html