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Statistics reveal the powerful impact of mental illness across industries. Unmet mental health needs lead to mood disorders, lost earnings, extreme medical costs and even suicide. Let’s work together in changing these statistics.

 BUSINESS STATISTICS

$200 Billion in Lost Earnings Annually Due to Mental Illness

Stress Related Ailments Cost the Nation $300 Billion Every Year in Medical Bills and Lost Productivity

Psychologically Healthy Workplaces Have 26% Less Employee Turnover

VIEW SOURCES
1) American Journal of Psychiatry

2) www.stress.org

3) American Psychological Association (APA), Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award (PHWA) Program; National Average for Turnover from U.S. department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2006 Total Separation

 EDUCATION STATISTICS

Suicide: 3rd Leading Cause of Death on Campuses

College Students:
80% Overwhelmed
50% Overwhelming Anxiety
45% Hopeless
31% Depressed

40% Students with Mental Condition Do Not Seek Help

64% of Drop-Outs Have a Mental Health Condition

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 INSURANCE STATISTICS

Future Members: Mental Health Counselors and Therapists
Fastest Growing Job Growth
29%

$113 Billion Annual Mental Healthcare Costs

Health Care Costs 4xs Higher Due to Untreated Mental Disorders

3 out of 4 Doctor’s Visits are for Stress-Related Ailments

VIEW SOURCES
1) Employment of mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists is projected to grow 29 percent from 2012 to 2022, much faster than the average for all occupations. Growth is expected in both occupations as more people have mental health counseling services covered by their insurance policies. Bureau of Labor Stats

2) 2011 paper in the journal Health Affairs

3) 5 Partnership for Workplace Mental Health, ³Successful Employer Implementation of the Federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act,² Research Works 1(3), (December 2009), www.workplacementalhealth.org

4) www.stress.org

 MILITARY STATISTICS

Each Day about 22 Veterans Die from Suicide

1 in 5 Military Personnel Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan has PTSD

Among Veterans Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD, About Half of Them Do Not Seek Treatment

VIEW SOURCES
1) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Mental Health Services, Suicide Prevention Program. (2013). Suicide Data Report, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2013, from Veterans Affairs, 2012.

2) One in five veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is diagnosed with PTSD. CBO, 2012

3) Rand Corporation and Veterans PSTD Statistics

 THERAPISTS & COUNSELORS STATISTICS

1 in 4 Adults Suffers from a Diagnosable Mental Health Disorder

60% of Americans with a Mental Disorder Get No Treatment

Adults Living with Serious Mental Illness Die on Average 25 Years Earlier Than Other Americans

Approximately 18% of American Adults Live with Anxiety Disorders

VIEW SOURCES
1) The Kim Foundation

2) Ronald Kessler, a Harvard University professor of health care policy and lead author of a study of the National Institute of Mental Health, cites data

3) National Alliance on Mental Illness

4) National Alliance on Mental Illness

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