Mental health or the lack of it is experienced by all kinds of people in America- from kids to elderly, from Native Americans to Hispanics, from physically healthy individuals to those who have chronic diseases.
General statistics
a. Nearly 9% of the American general population suffers from all forms of phobias.
b. 5% have major depression
c. Almost 4 million individuals suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
d. 2 million Americans have Schizophrenia
e. Another 2 million have Bipolar Disorders
f. About 2.5 million have Panic Disorders
Statistics on the Commonness of Mental Disorders in Children
• It is estimated that around 7 to 12 million kids have signs of psychological disorders.
a. ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - 5% to 10% of the children population is diagnosable with ADHD. It is the most prevalent clinical disorder among children. Half of all children with this psychiatric disorder do not receive diagnosis.
b. Manic Depression - 30% of all kids ages 6 to 12 who have manic depression are likely to develop Bipolar Disorder, a type of disorder that has symptoms of mania or a sense of "high" on activity plus periods of depression.
c. Conduct Disorder - 10% of all American children have conduct disorder.
d. Depression - In every group of 33 kids there is one who has symptoms of clinical depression
e. Learning Disorders - Almost 20% of all American children have learning disability. Half of them have diagnosable ADHD.
f. Suicide - Suicide is the fifth foremost cause of death among children.
Statistics on the Commonness of Mental Disorders in Young People
a. General Data - Nearly 75% of all young people who suffer from mental disorders do not get the help they need. Like in the general population, 1 in every 5 adolescent has a diagnosable psychological disorder which includes minor depression, drug-dependence, Attention Deficit Disorder, Anorexia Bulimia, Hypochondriasis, Gender Identity Disorders and Eating Disorders, and more aggravated disorders.
b. Anorexia Nervosa - This disorder is more common among females than males affecting an average of 150 individuals in any given time. Thus, 1% of all young females is affected by anorexia nervosa and 10% of all affected individuals die due to suicide, cardiac arrest and starvation.
c. Bulimia Nervosa - One to three out of 100 people demonstrate signs and symptoms of bulimia nervosa.
d. Anxiety Disorder - 10% of the young adult population have anxiety disorders.
e. Depression - One in every eighth individuals have clinical depression. One in every five young people have emotional problems and 30% of all adolescents who were diagnosed for emotional problems are depressed.
f. Juvenile Delinquency - More than 150, 000 American teenagers are under the criminal justice system. The majority of them have more than two mental disorders. 57% of all juvenile delinquents have reported prior hospitalization associated with their mental problems.
g. Schizophrenia - In every 1000 adolescents, there are three people who are suffering from Schizophrenia.
h. Serious Emotional Disturbances - 10% of all young adults have severe disturbances in their emotional states.
i. Suicide - For ages 15 to 24, this is the leading cause of death. There are at least 500, 000 individuals who take their own lives yearly.
Statistics on the Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Adults
a. Depression - Depression is the foremost psychiatric disorder among elderly affecting 5% of the total elderly population.
b. 6.5 million Adult people have severe mental disorders.
c. In every group of 100,000 people, there are at least 240 of them suffering from a sort of mental illness
d. 6000 adult Americans commit suicide each year
e. Approximately 1 million old Americans suffer from organic mental disorders
f. An estimated 15% of the adult population experience dementia
g. 1 million adult Americans have severe Alzheimer's disease
The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders
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