How can you ever trust who you talk to on here? There are just so many crazy people out there. I was talking to a driver the other day and he said that he heard that one in five people have some kind of mental disorder. That is really scary. I don't know how much of that is really true, but I intend to find out. I will update this when I find out. Till then that is really something to think about.
Some startling facts about Mental Health to consider from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI):
1 in 5 People Worldwide, regardless of race, religion or income will have a mental illness in their lifetime!
-- It is the 3rd leading cause of deaths: higher than AIDS, Cancer, Heart Disease and others illnesses combined!
-- 4 out of 10 Disabilities are caused by Mental Health conditions
-- 22% of children have a mental illness but only 5% get help
Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.1 When applied to the 2004 U.S. Census residential population estimate for ages 18 and older, this figure translates to 57.7 million people.2Even though mental disorders are widespread in the population, the main burden of illness is concentrated in a much smaller proportion — about 6 percent, or 1 in 17 — who suffer from a serious mental illness.1 In addition, mental disorders are the leading cause of disability in the U.S. and Canada for ages 15-44.3 Many people suffer from more than one mental disorder at a given time. Nearly half (45 percent) of those with any mental disorder meet criteria for 2 or more disorders, with severity strongly related to comorbidity.1
In the U.S., mental disorders are diagnosed based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV).4
