One in 17−about 13.6 million−live with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder. 1  Approximately 20 percent of youth ages 13 to 18 experience severe mental disorders in a given year. For ages 8 to 15, the estimate is 13 percent.ne in 17−about 13.6 million−live with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder. 1  Approximately 20 percent of youth ages 13 to 18 experience severe mental disorders in a given year. For ages 8 to 15, the estimate is 13 percent.
http://www2.nami.org/factsheets/mentalillness_factsheet.pdf
Mood disorders include major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, and bipolar disorder. 1  Approximately 20.9 million American adults, or about 9.5 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year, have a mood disorder.2  The median age of onset for mood disorders is 30 years. Approximately 2.4 million American adults, or about 1.1 percent of the population age 18 and older in a given year, have schizophrenia. 2  Schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency. 3  Schizophrenia often first appears in men in their late teens or early twenties.
http://www.thekimfoundation.org/html/about_mental_ill/statistics.html
Schizophrenia. 1  Approximately 2.4 million American adults, or about 1.1 percent of the population age 18 and older in a given year, have schizophrenia. 2  Schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency. 3  Schizophrenia often first appears in men in their late teens or early twenties. Approximately 2.4 million American adults, or about 1.1 percent of the population age 18 and older in a given year, have schizophrenia. 2  Schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency. 3  Schizophrenia often first appears in men in their late teens or early twenties.
http://www.thekimfoundation.org/html/about_mental_ill/statistics.html
Stigmatization. Most adults with mental health symptoms (78 percent) and without mental health symptoms (89 percent) agreed that treatment can help persons with mental illness lead normal lives. (CDC). 57 percent of all adults believed that people are caring and sympathetic to persons with mental illness.(CDC).Only 25 percent of adults with mental health symptoms believed that people are caring and sympathetic to persons with mental illness.7 percent of all adults believed that people are caring and sympathetic to persons with mental illness. (CDC). Only 25 percent of adults with mental health symptoms believed that people are caring and sympathetic to persons with mental illness.
http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/data-behavioral-health.aspx
1 Approximately 20.9 million American adults, or about 9.5 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year, have a mood disorder. 2  The median age of onset for mood disorders is 30 years. 3  Depressive disorders often co-occur with anxiety disorders and substance abuse. Approximately 2.4 million American adults, or about 1.1 percent of the population age 18 and older in a given year, have schizophrenia. 2  Schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency. 3  Schizophrenia often first appears in men in their late teens or early twenties.
http://www.thekimfoundation.org/html/about_mental_ill/statistics.html
Only about 60 percent of people with mental illness get treatment each year, according to the report, and whites and Native Americans were more likely to seek help than African-Americans, Latinos and Asians.ollow @mikaelaconley. One in five Americans experienced some sort of mental illness in 2010, according to a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. About 5 percent of Americans have suffered from such severe mental illness that it interfered with day-to-day school, work or family.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/01/19/1-in-5-americans-suffer-from-mental-illness/
Filed Under: Tech & Science, mental health. Every year, about 42.5 million American adults (or 18.2 percent of the total adult population in the United States) suffers from some mental illness, enduring conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, statistics released Friday reveal.n Utah, 22.3 percent of the adult population experienced mental illness, and in West Virginia had the most cases of severe mental illness among adults, at 5.5 percent.
http://www.newsweek.com/nearly-1-5-americans-suffer-mental-illness-each-year-230608
1 Approximately 2.4 million American adults, or about 1.1 percent of the population age 18 and older in a given year, have schizophrenia. 2  Schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency. 3  Schizophrenia often first appears in men in their late teens or early twenties. Approximately 2.4 million American adults, or about 1.1 percent of the population age 18 and older in a given year, have schizophrenia. 2  Schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency. 3  Schizophrenia often first appears in men in their late teens or early twenties.
http://www.thekimfoundation.org/html/about_mental_ill/statistics.html
Follow @mikaelaconley. One in five Americans experienced some sort of mental illness in 2010, according to a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. About 5 percent of Americans have suffered from such severe mental illness that it interfered with day-to-day school, work or family.ollow @mikaelaconley. One in five Americans experienced some sort of mental illness in 2010, according to a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. About 5 percent of Americans have suffered from such severe mental illness that it interfered with day-to-day school, work or family.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/01/19/1-in-5-americans-suffer-from-mental-illness/
Yet, regions of the world with the highest percentage of population under the age of 19 have the poorest level of mental health resources. Most low-and middle-income countries have only one child psychiatrist for every 1 to 4 million people.round 20% of the world's children and adolescents have mental disorders or problems. About half of mental disorders begin before the age of 14. Similar types of disorders are being reported across cultures. Neuropsychiatric disorders are among the leading causes of worldwide disability in young people.
http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/mental_health/mental_health_facts/en/
percentage of world population with mental illness
18.2 percent of world population is with mental illness. The world population with mental illness is 18.2 percent. 