A collection of data that provides a baseline for answering some questions about how many people in America need and have access to mental health services. This report is a companion to the online interactive data on the MHA website.
50M
Or Approximately 19.86% of American Adults Experienced a Mental Illness in 2019
4.58%
Of Adults Report Having Serious Thoughts of Suicide. This has Increased Every Year Since 2011-2012
24.7%
Of Adults With a Mental Illness Report an Unment Need for Treatment. This has Not Declined Since 2011
15.08%
Of Youth Experienced a Major Depressive Episode In the Past Year
60%
Or More of Youth With Major Depression Do Not Receive any Mental Health Treatment
1 IN 3
Youths, Even in States with the Greatest Success, are Going Without Treatment
HALF
Of Adults With a Mental Illness Do Not Receive Treatment Totaling Over 27 Million US Adults
10.6%
Or Over 2.5 Million Youth in the US Have Severe Major Depression
14.5%
The Highest Rate, is Among Youth Who Identify as More Than One Race
27%
The Number of Youth With Severe Depression Who Receive Consistent Care Out of Those Who Receive Care at All
12%
Of Youth With Severe Depression in the States with the Least Access Recieve Consistent Care
11.1%
Of Americans with a Mental Illness are Uninsured, the Second Year in a Row that this Indicator Increased Since the Passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
8.1%
Of Children had Private Insurance that Did Not Cover Mental Health Services, Totaling 950,000 Youth
