National Mental Health Awareness Month

Here is some helpful information about mental health and substance use in America:

• 1 in 5 adults (52.9 million adults) in the U.S. experienced mental illness in 2020.
• 40.3 million people aged 12 or over had a substance use disorder in 2020.
• 32.1% of U.S. adults with mental illness also experienced a substance use disorder in 2020.
• Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among people aged 10-34.
• 1 in 3 young adults (aged 18-25) in the U.S. experienced mental illness in 2020.
• 1 in 6 adolescents (aged 12-17) in the U.S. experienced a major depressive episode in 2020.
• 54% of adults with mental illness did not receive treatment in 2020.
• The average delay between symptom onset and treatment for mental illness is 11 years.
• 22.3 million Americans live in recovery after some form of substance use disorder.
• 3 out of 4 people who experience addiction eventually recover