Posted on 09/05/2011 3:16:38 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Nearly half of all Americans experience mental illness at time point in life.
According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about half of all Americans will experience some form of mental health problems during their lifespan. THE CDC defined mental health problems as ranging from depression to post-traumatic stress disorder to suicide, noting that often these mental health problems are not addressed.
The new CDC report, “Mental Illness Surveillance Among Adults in the United States,” describes the extent of mental illness among U.S. adults and recommends increased efforts to monitor mental illness and anxiety disorders.
Most shocking from the report is the cost associated with treatment and loss of productivity.
There are “unacceptably high levels of mental illness in the United States,” said Ileana Arias, principal deputy director of the CDC. “Essentially, about 25 percent of adult Americans reported having a mental illness in the previous year. In addition to the high level, we were surprised by the cost associated with that — we estimated about $300 billion in 2002.”
It still remains unclear as to why there is a high rate of mental illness in the U.S. or what factors are influencing mental health.
It has been shown that mental disorders have a link to chronic illnesses, including cancer and heart disease. Additionally, psychiatric illness and other mental health issues are surrounded by stigma, which adds to the burden.
A 200 survey performed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that about 11 million people experienced serious mental health illnesses during the past year. This represents about five percent of the population. Additionally, about 84 million Americans reported having suicidal thoughts and 2.2 million Americans made plans to kill themselves, over the past year. Unfortunately, about one million American attempted suicide last year, according to the report.
These numbers may seem alarming, but more importantly, it brings attention to an overlooked issue. Mental health illnesses are increasing in the U.S. and understanding for how to help people deal with them is important. Thus more programs should be made available to help people and their families.
And they breed, but most abort.
allow me a closely considered, rational response. I have been there, a school board tried to call my (really) lazy son ADHD and wanted to put him on meds.
If I might re-iterate, BULLSHIT! The kid was gaming us, the school district was gaming me, but what did it matter, it was “free” money!?
BTW, I kicked the kid (metaphoricly, lest the child abuse people go nuts) in the arse. Turned out what he needed was an option that did not involve a BA. He is now a manager at a local auto repair shop, makes about as much as I do. Kid doesn’t talk to me much, but I’m proud of him.
And they breed, but most abort.
Junk Science Alert!
If I was a shrink I would set up my practice in a blue state on the theory you go where your market is.
He got that meme from lurking on FR.
I guarantee you, without even looking, that they have this story posted at DU, KOS and Huffpost and every liberal there is saying, yup, that’s all the conservatives and Republicans that are crazy.
The two sides in the country just need to get it on, and let the better side win.
I dion’t post the thread because of the holiday. I worked today and made pretty good money
Nearly half of all Americans experience mental illness at time point in life.Yep. And the other half are Conservatives.
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Mental Illness plagues half of all Americans: CDCI think it's actually about 53%.
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This revelation should be a boon to the furniture industry. It’s going to cause a big demand the therapeutic couches. /s
The 70 million that voted for Obama is about 24% of the US population and the 60 million that voted for Juan McLame is 20%. So, yeah, about half the country is mentally ill. Seriously, anyone that believes that the Democrats will save them from the Republicans or that the Republicans will save them from the Democrats is not paying attention at all.
Nearly 40 percent of Europeans suffer mental illness
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2773943/posts
That’s why they’re called “Lib-tards.”
Yep. The liberal half
We’re all Bozos on this bus.
And the other half is fat? Americans are fat and crazy???
The CDC is a leftist organization and has zero credibility IMHO.
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