One in five Americans have a mental illness, with about 60 million people not receiving treatment. Globally, two-thirds of those with mental illness do not seek treatment due to cost, stigma, and fear. Depression, schizophrenia, and alcohol use disorder are the most common mental illnesses. Mental illness is more prevalent than cancer, heart disease, and diabetes and is the leading cause of disability in the US, Canada, and Western Europe.
About one in five Americans has a mental illness. There are about 60 million people, many of whom do not receive treatment. However, the United States is not far behind the world average in this area. According to the World Health Organization, one in four people will suffer from a mental illness at some point in their life.
More statistics on mental illness:
Worldwide, approximately two-thirds of people who have a mental illness do not seek treatment. The main reasons why people do not receive treatment for mental illness are the cost of health care, fear of stigmatization and fear that the treatment is worse than the condition.
The most common mental illnesses are depression, schizophrenia and alcohol use disorder. Depression alone accounts for more than 150 million people with mental illness worldwide, which is just under half of the people who have mental illness.
Mental illness is more common than cancer, heart disease and diabetes and is the leading cause of disability in the United States, Canada and Western Europe.
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