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Adam Whitcomb
Kayla Wood
Shauntelle Farden
Shauna Moore

Mental
health is not a
destination
but a process.
Its about how
you drive, not
where youre
going.
-Noam Shpancer, The

Online Mental
Health
Resources
Barriers such as
stigmatization and access
to health care may lead
young adults with mental
health conditions (YAMHC)
to try to find alternatives to
more traditional means of
obtaining care. One

Advantages to
seeking online help
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REMAIN
ANONYMOUS
Statistics on Mental
Illness
1. One in four adultsapproximately
61.5 million Americansexperiences
mental illness in a given year. One in
Seventeenabout 13.6 millionlive
with a serious mental illness such as
schizophrenia, major depression or
bipolar disorder.
2. Approximately 60 percent of
adults, and almost one-half of youth
ages 8 to 15 with a mental illness
received no mental health services
in the previous year.
3. About 9.2 million adults have cooccurring mental health and
addiction disorders.
4. One-half of all chronic mental
illness begins by the age of 14;
three-quarters by age 24. Despite
effective treatment, there are long
delays (sometimes decades) between
the first appearance of symptoms
and when people get help.

ACCESS TO
INFORMATION
REGARDING
ANY ISSUE

Mental illness is
nothing to be
ashamed of, but

The most commonly occurring

mental health issues in the
United States are

Depression
Substance Abuse
Anxiety

Find What Speaks to

You
The mission of NIMH is to
transform the understanding
and treatment of mental
illnesses through basic and
clinical research, paving the
way for prevention, recovery,
and cure. NIMH
SAMSHAs mission is to reduce
the impact of substance abuse
and mental illness on Americas
communities. SAMHSA
NAMI recognizes that the key
concepts of recovery, resiliency

Helpful
Resources
www.NAMI.org
www.SAMHSA.org
www.NIMH.org
www.SPRC.org