- 20%: World's children and adolescents estimated to have mental disorders or problems
- 9.5% (or 20.9 million) of American adults have mood disorders
- 6.7% (or 14.8 million) of American adults have major depressive disorder
- 2.6% (or 5.7 million) of American adults have bipolar disorder
- 18.1% (or 40 million) of American adults have anxiety disorder
- 400%: Increase in rate of antidepressant use between 1988 and 2008
Source: Best Mental Health Degrees
Those are frightening statistics. The way things are around the world, it is no surprise sadly however.
ReplyDeleteI agree. That is so scary what was shown in that infographic. Mental illness is definitely on the rise.
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