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Mental Health Facts for Adults

57.7 million adults suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder each year, 6% of adults suffer from severe mental disorders.
Major depressive disorder (depression) affects 14.8 million adults and is the leading cause of disability for people ages 15-44.
Bipolar disorder affects 5.7 million adults each year.
In 2002 over 31,000 people died by suicide.
2.4 million adults suffer from schizophrenia.
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders. Approximately 40 million adults suffer from anxiety disorders including, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and phobias (social phobia, agoraphobia, and specific phobia).
Approximately 13% of adults suffer from one of three types of eating disorders, which include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder.
The mortality rate among people with anorexia is estimated to be 5.6 percent per decade, which is about 12 times higher than the death rate due to all causes of death among females ages 15-24 in the general population.
4.1% of adults experience Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) each year.