ONE 1in five young people sufferfrom a mental illness.

2Of those teenagers, only

THIRTY PERCENT will bediagnosed and will be able to

receive proper care.

3 Around 20 to 30% of teenagers willexperience one episode of major depression

before reaching adulthood.

4Teenagers with undiagnosed mental disorders

are at risk for committing suicide, for doingself-harm, for dropping out of school and for

spending time in juvenile detention-for over ninetypercent of individuals who commit suicide are reported

to have suffered from a mental disorder.

5Therefore more teenagers and youngadults die from suicide than fromcancer, heart disease, AIDS, birthdefects, stroke, pneumonia, influenzaand chronic lung disease

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Approximately 1 IN EVERY 12 children and teenagersexhibit self-harm and over ninety-five percent of

these cases are due to a mental illness.

OVER 50% of teenagers with severe mentalillnesses drop out of high school.

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About 95% of children in juvenile detention sufferfrom a mental disorder

and may times suffer frommore than one disorder.

Today in America, 4 millionkids and adults suffer from a

serious mental disorder.

But unfortunately, onlyfour percent of the total

health care budget isspend on protecting the

mental health of theAmerican citizen.

Reference: cogtoolz.com | nami.org

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