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10 Facts About Teens and Mental Health

Drug and alcohol abuse in our nation’s teenagers has become a major public health issue. Here are 10 Facts about Teens and Mental Health.<br>Data presented by Adolescent Growth - a Family-Owned, California based Teen Treatment Facility founded in 2005. Visit our official website at http://www.adolescentgrowth.com <br><br>Visit Us: 6323 Zindell Avenue, Commerce, CA 90040<br>Call Us: (888) 920-2370<br><br>http://facebook.com/AdolescentGrowth <br>http://twitter.com/adolescentgrow <br>http://youtube.com/AdolescentGrowth <br>http://plus.google.com/ Adolescentgrowth

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10 Facts About Teens and Mental Health

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  1. ONE 1 in five young people suffer from a mental illness. Of those teenagers, only THIRTY PERCENTwill be diagnosed and will be able to receive proper care. 2 3 Around 20 to 30% of teenagers will experience one episode of major depression before reaching adulthood.

  2. Teenagers with undiagnosed mental disorders are at risk for committing suicide, for doing self-harm, for dropping out of school and for spending time in juvenile detention-for over ninety percent of individuals who commit suicide are reported to have suffered from a mental disorder. 4 Therefore more teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza and chronic lung disease 5

  3. Approximately 1 IN EVERY 12 children and teenagers exhibit self-harm and over ninety-five percent of these cases are due to a mental illness. 6 OVER 50% of teenagers with severe mental illnesses drop out of high school. 7

  4. 8 9 10 About 95% of children in juvenile detention suffer from a mental disorder and may times suffer from more than one disorder. Today in America, 4 million kids and adults suffer from a serious mental disorder. But unfortunately, only four percent of the total health care budget is spend on protecting the mental health of the American citizen.

  5. Data collected and presented by Adolescent Growth - a Family-Owned, California based Teen Treatment Facility founded in 2005. Visit our official website at adolescentgrowth.com Reference: cogtoolz.com | nami.org

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