Stratling Statistics
Startling statistics on traditional therapy
In 2021, about 42 million people received treatment or counseling for their mental health.
This represents 1 in 5 adults, or 5.5% of US adults, who experienced serious mental illness in 2021, an estimated 14.1 million people, or 1 in 20 adults.
About 17% of American teens see a therapist each year.
In the U.S., 75.6% of all therapists are women, while 24.4% are men.
The top mental health problems in the U.S., affecting nearly 10 million Americans, are anxiety disorders and major depression.
Globally, the most common mental illnesses are anxiety and depressive disorders.
Since 2020, about 30% of American adults have seen a therapist. In 2021, about 42 million people received treatment or counseling for their mental health.
Myth: Mental Health issues can’t affect me.
- One in 5 American adults experienced a mental health condition in a given year.
One in 6 young people has experienced a major depressive episode.
One in 20 Americans has lived with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression.
At what age does mental illness begin?
- 50% of lifetime mental illness begins at age 14.
- 75% of lifetime mental illness begins at age 24.
What is the deadliest mental illness in the world?
Out of all the mental disorders, including depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder, a review of nearly 50 years of research confirms that Anorexia Nervosa has the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses (Arcelus, Mitchel, Wals & Nelson, 2011).
What is the most common mental illness?
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD): GAD is characterized by excessive worry about issues and situations that individuals experience every day.
Mental Health slogans:
Embrace Your Mind, Be Kind
Mental Health Matters
Let’s Shatter the Silence
Strong Mind, Strong World
Heal Your Mind, Shine Your Light
I Alone Must Do It, But I Never Do It Alone
Addiction Startling Statistics
Approximately 37 million adults age 26 or older, or 16.6% of this age group, have struggled with a substance use disorder in the past year.
About 23 million adults age 26 and older (10.3%) had an alcohol use disorder in the past year.
Around 19.3 million adults age 26 or older (8.6%) had a drug use disorder in the past year.
What is the addiction rate in the United States?
13.5% of Americans age 12 and older have used drugs in the past 30 days.
25.4% of all users of illicit drugs suffer from drug dependency or addiction.
Of the nearly 140 million people age 12 and older who drink alcohol, over 20% suffer from alcohol abuse or addiction.
Alcohol is the most commonly abused drug in the world, and it can lead to various health problems.
Alcohol abuse is responsible for over 100,000 deaths annually in the United States alone, making it the fourth leading cause of preventable death in the country.
In the United States, there were approximately 109,600 drug overdose-related deaths in the 12-month period ending January 31, 2023, at a rate of 300 deaths per day.
From 1999 to 2020, nearly 841,000 people died from drug overdoses, with prescription and illicit opioids responsible for 500,000 of those deaths.
Are Gen Zers doing fewer drugs?
Gen Z drug use outpaces all other age groups for factors such as prescription benzodiazepines misuse and cocaine use.
Marijuana use – almost 13.3 million people aged 18 to 25 reported marijuana use in 2022. Among them, 8.8 million in the 21 to 25-year age group reported past-year use.
What is the fastest-growing drug problem in the United States?
Prescription drug abuse is the nation’s fastest-growing drug problem and has been classified as an epidemic by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
