Mental Health & Substance Abuse Statistics – HOSA Behavioral Health

According to Cacioppo, the estimated percentage of people who experience a psychological disorder in a given year is around ___%

26%

According to NAMI, ___% of U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2021.

22.8%

According to NAMI, ___% of U.S. adults experienced serious mental illness in 2021.

5.5%

According to NAMI, ___% of U.S. youth aged 6-17 experienced a mental health disorder in 2016.

16.5%

According to NAMI, ___% of U.S. adults with mental illness also experienced a substance use disorder in 2021.

33.5%

According to NAMI, ___% of U.S. adults experienced a co-occurring substance use disorder and mental illness in 2021

7.6%

According to Cacioppo, over ___ people worldwide die due to tobacco each year.

8 million

According to Cacioppo, smokers die ___ years earlier than nonsmokers.

13-14

According to Cacioppo, cigarette smokers in the United States dropped from ___% of adults in 2005 to just ___% in 2018.

21%, 13.7%

According to Cacioppo, global smoking rates dropped from ___% to ___% from 2007 to 2017.

22.5%, 19.2%

According to Cacioppo, ___% of people with any mental illness are current smokers

40.6%

According to Cacioppo, about ___% of those who experiment with tobacco continue to use it.

50%

According to Cacioppo, tobacco use among people with schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses is ___%, many times higher than ___% in the general population.

88%, 14%

According to Cacioppo, if a smoker quits before the age of ___ years, life expectancy remains the same as for someone who has never smoked

30

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (2020), ___% of American adults consumed alcohol at some point in their lifetime, ___% consumed alcohol in the past year, and ___% consumed alcohol in the past month.

86.3%, 70%, 55.3%

According to Cacioppo, about ___% of the adult population engaged in binge drinking, while ___% reported heavy drinking.

26%, 7%

According to Cacioppo, ___% of adults and ___% of adolescents meet criteria for alcohol use disorder.

6%, 1.6%

According to Cacioppo, alcohol contributes to ___% of deaths globally.

5.3%

According to Cacioppo, alcohol-impaired driving accounts for ___% of all driving fatalities in the United States.

31%

In the United States alone, excessive alcohol consumption leads to approximately ___ deaths annually, at a cost of $___

88000, $249 billion

According to Cacioppo, loneliness produces a ___% increase in the odds of early death.

26%

According to NAMI, suicide was the ___ leading cause of death for people aged ___.

2nd, 10-14

According to Cacioppo, the probability of experiencing at least one psychological disorder by age 50 is ___%

73.9%

According to SAMHSA, the foundations of recovery are...

Hope, self-determination, self-direction

According to SAMHSA, the 4 major dimensions of recovery are...

Health, home, purpose, community

The NAMI peer-led support group for adults living with mental illness is...

NAMI Connection

The NAMI education program for parents and family caregivers of children and teens with mental illness is...

NAMI Basics

The NAMI education program for adults living with mental illness is...

NAMI Peer-to-Peer

The NAMI education program for for families, significant others and friends of people with mental health conditions is...

NAMI Family-to-Family

The NAMI education program for families, caregivers and friends of military service members and veterans with mental health conditions is...

NAMI Homefront

The NAMI education program for mental health professionals is...

NAMI Provider

According to Cacioppo, ___% of patients prefer psychological treatment to medication.

75%

According to NAMI, ___% of U.S. adults with mental illness received treatment in 2021

47.2%

According to NAMI, ___% of U.S. adults with serious mental illness received treatment in 2021

65.4%

According to NAMI, ___% of U.S. youth aged 6-17 with a mental health disorder received treatment in 2016

50.6%

According to NAMI, the average delay between onset of mental illness symptoms and treatment is ___ years

11

According to NAMI, ___ people live in a designated Mental Health Professional Shortage Area

160 million

According to NAMI serious mental illness causes $___ in lost earnings in the U.S. economy each year.

$193.2 billion

According to NAMI, depression and anxiety disorders cost the global economy $___ in lost productivity each year

$1 trillion

According to NAMI, people with depression have a ___% higher risk of developing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases than the general population.

40%

According to Cacioppo, 1 in ___ children have ASD, and boys are ___ times more likely to be diagnosed than girls.

54, 4.3

According to Cacioppo, the twin concordance rate of ASD is ___.

76-88%

According to Cacioppo, there are ___ types of FDA-approved antipsychotics to treat irritability in ASD patients.

2

According to Cacioppo, the behavioral treatment of ASD through ABA requires ___ hours/week of commitment from the child.

40

According to Cacioppo, ___% of children and ___% of adults were diagnosed with ADHD in the U.S. in 2011.

11%, 2.5%

From 2003 to 2011, there was a ___% increase of ADHD rates in the U.S.

42%

According to Cacioppo, the heritability of ADHD is reported to be over ___%.

70%

Fewer than ___% of pediatricians reported actually using DSM-5 criteria to evaluate cases of ADHD.

40%

According to Cacioppo, ___ of children with ADHD recieve medication, while less than ___ of children revieve behavioral treatments.

2/3, 1/2

According to Cacioppo, the use of medication to treat ADHD is ___ times higher in the US than other countries.

5

According to Cacioppo, ___% of ADHD children treated with medication alone experience short-term improvements.

75-80%

According to Cacioppo, the twin concordance rate of schizophrenia is nearly ___%.

50%

According to NAMI, around ___% of U.S. adults are diagnosed with schizophrenia.

0.25-0.64%

According to Cacioppo, around ___% of hallucinations in schizophrenia are auditory.

64-80%

According to Cacioppo, about ___% of contemporary patients with schizophrenia do not seem to respond to available treatments.

30%

The development of antipsychotic medications reduced institutionalized populations by about ___% in the United States between 1955 and 2000.

50%

According to Cacioppo, ___% of U.S. adults are diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

2.6%

The average age of onset for bipolar disorder is ___.

25

According to Cacioppo, the twin concordance rate for bipolar disorder is ___%.

70%

According to Cacioppo, the ratio of women to men diagnosed with bipolar disorder is...

3:2

According to the DSM-5, major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day, for a period of at least ___ weeks.

2

According to Cacioppo, major depressive disorder affects around ___% of adults every year.

7%

According to Cacioppo, people between the ages 18-29 are ___ times as likely to experience depression than people over the age of 60.

3

According to NAMI, ___% of U.S. adults experienced a major depressive episode in 2021.

8.3%

According to Cacioppo, the heritability of major depressive disorder is around ___%.

35%

According to NAMI, up to ___% of women will experience a major depressive episode during pregnancy or in the first year following delivery (postpartum depression).

6%

According to Cacioppo, ___% of the population experiences major depressive disorder with seasonal pattern.

4-6%

According to NAMI, ___% of people who die by suicide are male.

79%

According to NAMI, ___% of U.S. adults had serious thoughts of suicide in 2021.

4.8%

According to NAMI, lesbian, gay and bisexual youth are nearly ___ times more likely to attempt suicide than straight youth.

4

According to NAMI, transgender adults are nearly ___ times more likely to attempt suicide at some point in their lifetime compared to the general population.

9

According to NAMI, ___% of high school students and ___% of yonug adults aged 18-25 have serious thoughts of suicide every year.

22%, 13%

According to NAMI, what are the demographic groups with the highest risk of suicidal thoughts?

Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander: 7.4%

Mixed/Multiracial: 8.2%

American Indian/Alaska Native: 8.5%

According to NAMI, nearly ___ lives were lost to suicide in 2020 alone.

46,000

According to Cacioppo, about ___% of Americans over the age of 12 years use antidepressants

10%

According to Cacioppo, rates of antidepressant use in the United States increased nearly ___% between 1988 and 2008.

400%

According to Cacioppo, antidepressant medications are the ___ most common prescription drug taken by Americans.

3rd

According to Cacioppo, antidepressants are responsible for problems with sexual activity in about ___% of the patients who are using them.

40%

According to Cacioppo, ___% of people with MDD treated with CBT not only experience relief from their symptoms, but also appear to be less susceptible to repeated bouts of depression than people who use medication alone.

40-60%

According to Cacioppo, around ___% of all Americans experience one or more anxiety disorders during their lifetime.

30%

According to NAMI, ___% of U.S. adults and ___% of children aged 3-17 experience anxiety disorders each year.

19.1%, 7%

According to Cacioppo, panic disorder affects ___% of the population in a given year.

2.7%

How long does a panic attack last?

10 minutes

According to NAMI, ___% of U.S. adults experiences OCD in the past year.

1.2%

According to Cacioppo, ___% of the population reports experiencing OCD during their lifetime.

2.3%

According to Cacioppo, body dysmorphic disorder affects ___% of the population.

2%

According to NAMI, PTSD affects ___% of the U.S. adult population every year.

3.6%

According to NAMI, ___% of those diagnosed with PTSD are classified as having severe symptoms.

37%

According to Cacioppo, after large-scale traumatic events, health workers typically ex- pect about ___% of the population to develop PTSD

10%

According to Cacioppo, more than ___% of lower Manhattan residents developed PTSD following the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

12%

According to Cacioppo, ___% of Hispanics but only ___% of Asians developed PTSD after 9/11.

13.4%, 3.2%

According to Cacioppo, ___% of children develop PTSD after car accidents in which they were injured, compared to ___% of their parents.

25%, 15%

According to Cacioppo, ___% of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan developed severe PTSD, while ___% experiences moderate impairment.

8.4-14%, 31%

According to NAMI, the average age of onset for depersonalization-derealization disorder is ___.

16

According to NAMI, less than ___% of depersonalization-derealization disorder cases begin after age 20.

20%

According to NAMI, ___% of people experience at least one depersonalization/derealization episode in their lifetime.

75%

According to Cacioppo, ___% of somatic symptom disorder patients referred for psychological treatment by their physicians do not comply.

50-80%

According to NAMI, ___% of the population are diagnosed with a personality disorder.

9.1%

The DSM-5 lists ___ types of personality disorders.

10

According to Cacioppo, personality disorders cannot be diagnosed in people under the age of ___.

18