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U.S. Mental Health Issues - Statistics & Facts
In 2015, almost one out of every five adults in the United States had some form of mental illness in the preceding year. Nearly seven percent of all adults suffered a major case of depression within the same period. American Indians and native Alaskans have the highest level of mental health issues, while Asians and Pacific Islanders have the lowest. Illinois and Oregon are the two states where the highest percentage of poor mental health is reported, while South Dakota and Texas are reported to have the lowest percentage.
The issue of mental health is becoming more and more critical in the United States as national expenditure is steadily increasing. Total costs for mental health services were expected to reach approximately 194 billion U.S. dollars in 2016, placing mental disorders among the nation’s most expensive medical conditions.
The use of mental health services in the United States has stabilized over the last decade, with prescription drugs representing the most common type of care. As expected, mental health services are most often received by persons with serious mental illnesses. In most cases, adults experiencing a major depressive episode will seek professional help at generalists or family doctors, followed by psychiatrists or psychotherapists. High costs are often cited as the chief reason for not utilizing mental health services.
According to some estimates, around 28.5 million adults in the U.S. receive mental health treatment through prescribed medication. Thus, mental health is one of the most productive therapeutic sectors in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. For example, top psychiatric drug Abilify alone generated some 7.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2013-2014.
Mental health issues in the U.S. - Important statistics
- 1. Prevalence
Any mental illness in the past year among U.S. adults by age and gender 2015- Major depressive episode in the past year among U.S. adults by age and gender 2015
- Percentage of adults with poor mental health in the U.S. by ethnicity 2015
- Major depressive episode in the past year among U.S. youths by gender 2004-2015
- +Persons with serious psychological distress in the U.S. 1997-2015
- +Persons with serious psychological distress 1997-2015, by gender
- +Persons with serious psychological distress in the U.S. by age 2014-2015
- 2. Regions and states
- 3. Mental illness and substance use
- +Alcohol dependence or abuse among U.S. adults by level of mental illness 2015
- +Substance dependence or abuse among U.S. adults by level of mental illness 2015
- Co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder - U.S. adults by gender 2015
- Co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder - U.S. 2015 by employment
- +Substance use among adults in the U.S. by any mental illness 2015
- Substance use among youths in the U.S. by major depressive episode 2015
- 4. Expenditure
- Total U.S. expenditure for mental health services 1986-2020
- +Share of mental health treatment spending of U.S. total 2009-2020
- Annual growth in mental health treatment spending in U.S. 2009-2020
- U.S. distribution of mental health expenditures by payer 1986-2020
- +Mental health treatment spending in the U.S. by provider 2009-2014
- M/SUD spending by payer in the U.S. with and without ACA 2016
- 5. Services and treatment
- +Top hospitals for adult psychiatry in the U.S. 2016
- +Type of professional seen among U.S. adults with a major depressive episode 2015
- +Mental health service use by U.S. adults 2002-2015 by type of care
- Receipt of mental health services among U.S. adults by level of illness 2015
- Share of U.S. adults who received mental health treatment by poverty status 2015
- +Reasons for not receiving mental health services among U.S. adults 2015
- Treatment received by U.S. youths with major depressive episode by gender 2015
- +Reasons for receiving specialty mental health services among U.S. youths 2015
- 6. Pharmaceutical market
- +Leading therapy areas for U.S. drug spending 2016
- +Top prescribed psychiatric drugs in the United States 2013-2014
- +Top selling psychiatric drugs in the United States 2013-2014
- +U.S. adults receiving mental health treatment by prescription medication 2005-2015
- +Common Medicaid antidepressant prescriptions by product 2013-2015
- +Mental health Rx drug treatment spending in the U.S. 2009-2020
- 7. Miscellaneous
- +Share of U.S. mental health apps by specific mental health therapy 2015
- U.S. consumers openness to telehealth mental health services by age 2015
- +U.S. Hispanic personal mental health ratings 2015
- U.S. Hispanics who felt their emotional or mental health required help 2015
- +Suicide thoughts among U.S. adults by serious psychological distress 2015
- Suicide thoughts among U.S. adults by major depressive episode 2015
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