Currently
2018 Mental Illness Statistics
1 in 5 adults experience mental illness (47.6 million people)
1 in 25 adults experience serious mental illness within a year (11.4 million)
19.1% of U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2018 (47.6 million people). This represents 1 in 5 adults.
4.6% of U.S. adults experienced serious mental illness in 2018 (11.4 million people). This represents 1 in 25 adults.
19.3% of U.S. adults with mental illness also experienced a substance use disorder in 2018 (9.2 million individuals)
11.3% of U.S. adults with mental illness had no insurance coverage in 2018
13.4% of U.S. adults with serious mental illness had no insurance coverage in 2018
"I wish people could understand that the brain is the most important organ of our body. Just because you can't see mental illness, like you could see a broken bone, doesn't mean it's not as detrimental or devastating to a family or individual." ~Demi Lovato
It is no secret that there are millions of people who struggle each year with mental illness and or addiction. I bet every person who reads this page knows someone who is affected by mental illness and or addiction. The statistics listed above were taken from an annual national survey conducted by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services SAMHSA (2018). The statistics are a testament as to how many people struggle by mental illness and or addiction. Keep in mind that these statistics are only adults that struggle. There are millions of children between the ages of 6-17 that reportedly struggle with mental illness and or addiction each year as well.
Mental illness and or addiction are so very personal to us at Cards for Your Cause. So, Cards for Your Cause has decided to donate 20% of their sales to various non-profit organizations that raise awareness and aid those who struggle with mental illness and or addiction. To those who have never struggled with mental illness and or addiction, it may be challenging to understand. Educating people about mental illness is the first step in helping people understand that mental illness and or addiction is not a clear choice.
The truth is that it is not a choice to have Bi-polar, Schizophrenia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Anxiety, Depression, Addiction, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) just to name a few. However, following a recommended clinician-guided treatment plan is a choice. Seems easy enough, right? Wrong!!! Let's take a closer look at some of the struggles an individual diagnosed with Bi-polar II might face. First let me say that more often than not, someone diagnosed with Bi-polar II disorder will have three or more co-occurring disorders (e.g. eating disorder, ADHD, personality disorder). 37% of those diagnosed with Bi-polar II disorder have a co-occurring substance use disorder and 14% have a co-occurring eating disorder (American Psychiatric Association (APA), 2013). What does all of this mean for someone diagnosed with Bi-polar II disorder? It means that the Bi-polar II disorder and treating the disorder is complicated and requires consistent clinician guided treatment, but even if the treatment followed there is no guarantee of the outcome.
One of the many troubling effects of mental disorders and or addiction is that you cannot tell by looking at someone that they are struggling with mental illness and or addiction. Often it is their unfavorable behaviors that are noticeable and drive family and friends away from them.
Please understand that an individual would not CHOOSE a life with a mental disorder and or addiction. The individual dislikes his/her behaviors associated with their mental illness and or addiction as much or more than you do. An individual would not make a conscious choice to have actions that drive family and friends out of their life. A person would not choose to wonder where they will lay their head at night and drag their family members through the trenches of mental illness and addiction. Those who struggle with mental illness and or addiction have a lifetime of struggles. Even though treatment is a conscious choice, the very nature of many psychiatric disorders and addiction is that they don't always make the best choices.
How can we make a difference? There are many ways in which we can make a difference. One of the most significant ways to make a positive impact is to donate money to organizations that focus on creating change for those who struggle with mental illness and or addiction.
How Does Cards for Your Cause Plan to Make a Difference? Currently we are donating $5.00 (20%), from every box of 10 greeting cards sold, to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). NAMI is a grassroots mental health organization that provides support for those affected directly or indirectly by mental illness. NAMI does their work through education programs, public policy, public awareness events and activities, support groups and more. To learn more about who NAMI is and how their contributions help raise awareness and work to combat struggles associated with mental illness please, visit their website at https://www.nami.org
How Can you Help? You can help by purchasing your greeting cards with envelopes from Cards for Your Cause. Everyone purchases cards for various reasons and Cards for Your Cause offers handmade cards with a very personal touch for numerous occasions. All cards are 10 for $25.00 except the Note Cards which are 10 for $20.00 but regardless $5.00 from every box of 10 cards will go to a non-profit organization whose focus is on mental health and or addiction.
Happy Anniversary
Sympathy
Best Wishes
Congratulations
Inspirational
Just Because
Get Well
Thinking of You
Note Cards-Blank
****IF YOU HAVE AN OCCASION IN MIND THAT YOU DON'T SEE LISTED SEND AN E-MAIL AN WE CAN CUSTOM MAKE THEM FOR YOU ***
***ALSO NOTE THAT IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN CAUSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RAISE MONEY FOR, WE ARE WILLING TO TEAM UP WITH INDIVIDUALS TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR YOUR CAUSE AS WELL (E.G. HIGH SCHOOL TRIP, BENEFITS, FUNDING TO GO TOWARDS YOUR ORGANIZATION). WE WILL STILL DONATE $5.00 FROM EVERY BOX OF 10 CARDS TO YOUR PERSONAL CAUSE***
ReferencesAmerican Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA). (2018). Key substance use and mental health indicators in the united states: Results from the 2018 national survey on drug use and health. Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/cbhsq-reports/NSDUHNationalFindingsReport2018/NSDUHNationalFindingsReport2018.pdf
2018 Mental Illness Statistics
1 in 5 adults experience mental illness (47.6 million people)
1 in 25 adults experience serious mental illness within a year (11.4 million)
19.1% of U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2018 (47.6 million people). This represents 1 in 5 adults.
4.6% of U.S. adults experienced serious mental illness in 2018 (11.4 million people). This represents 1 in 25 adults.
19.3% of U.S. adults with mental illness also experienced a substance use disorder in 2018 (9.2 million individuals)
11.3% of U.S. adults with mental illness had no insurance coverage in 2018
13.4% of U.S. adults with serious mental illness had no insurance coverage in 2018
"I wish people could understand that the brain is the most important organ of our body. Just because you can't see mental illness, like you could see a broken bone, doesn't mean it's not as detrimental or devastating to a family or individual." ~Demi Lovato
It is no secret that there are millions of people who struggle each year with mental illness and or addiction. I bet every person who reads this page knows someone who is affected by mental illness and or addiction. The statistics listed above were taken from an annual national survey conducted by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services SAMHSA (2018). The statistics are a testament as to how many people struggle by mental illness and or addiction. Keep in mind that these statistics are only adults that struggle. There are millions of children between the ages of 6-17 that reportedly struggle with mental illness and or addiction each year as well.
Mental illness and or addiction are so very personal to us at Cards for Your Cause. So, Cards for Your Cause has decided to donate 20% of their sales to various non-profit organizations that raise awareness and aid those who struggle with mental illness and or addiction. To those who have never struggled with mental illness and or addiction, it may be challenging to understand. Educating people about mental illness is the first step in helping people understand that mental illness and or addiction is not a clear choice.
The truth is that it is not a choice to have Bi-polar, Schizophrenia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Anxiety, Depression, Addiction, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) just to name a few. However, following a recommended clinician-guided treatment plan is a choice. Seems easy enough, right? Wrong!!! Let's take a closer look at some of the struggles an individual diagnosed with Bi-polar II might face. First let me say that more often than not, someone diagnosed with Bi-polar II disorder will have three or more co-occurring disorders (e.g. eating disorder, ADHD, personality disorder). 37% of those diagnosed with Bi-polar II disorder have a co-occurring substance use disorder and 14% have a co-occurring eating disorder (American Psychiatric Association (APA), 2013). What does all of this mean for someone diagnosed with Bi-polar II disorder? It means that the Bi-polar II disorder and treating the disorder is complicated and requires consistent clinician guided treatment, but even if the treatment followed there is no guarantee of the outcome.
One of the many troubling effects of mental disorders and or addiction is that you cannot tell by looking at someone that they are struggling with mental illness and or addiction. Often it is their unfavorable behaviors that are noticeable and drive family and friends away from them.
Please understand that an individual would not CHOOSE a life with a mental disorder and or addiction. The individual dislikes his/her behaviors associated with their mental illness and or addiction as much or more than you do. An individual would not make a conscious choice to have actions that drive family and friends out of their life. A person would not choose to wonder where they will lay their head at night and drag their family members through the trenches of mental illness and addiction. Those who struggle with mental illness and or addiction have a lifetime of struggles. Even though treatment is a conscious choice, the very nature of many psychiatric disorders and addiction is that they don't always make the best choices.
How can we make a difference? There are many ways in which we can make a difference. One of the most significant ways to make a positive impact is to donate money to organizations that focus on creating change for those who struggle with mental illness and or addiction.
How Does Cards for Your Cause Plan to Make a Difference? Currently we are donating $5.00 (20%), from every box of 10 greeting cards sold, to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). NAMI is a grassroots mental health organization that provides support for those affected directly or indirectly by mental illness. NAMI does their work through education programs, public policy, public awareness events and activities, support groups and more. To learn more about who NAMI is and how their contributions help raise awareness and work to combat struggles associated with mental illness please, visit their website at https://www.nami.org
How Can you Help? You can help by purchasing your greeting cards with envelopes from Cards for Your Cause. Everyone purchases cards for various reasons and Cards for Your Cause offers handmade cards with a very personal touch for numerous occasions. All cards are 10 for $25.00 except the Note Cards which are 10 for $20.00 but regardless $5.00 from every box of 10 cards will go to a non-profit organization whose focus is on mental health and or addiction.
Happy Anniversary
Sympathy
Best Wishes
Congratulations
Inspirational
Just Because
Get Well
Thinking of You
Note Cards-Blank
****IF YOU HAVE AN OCCASION IN MIND THAT YOU DON'T SEE LISTED SEND AN E-MAIL AN WE CAN CUSTOM MAKE THEM FOR YOU ***
***ALSO NOTE THAT IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN CAUSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RAISE MONEY FOR, WE ARE WILLING TO TEAM UP WITH INDIVIDUALS TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR YOUR CAUSE AS WELL (E.G. HIGH SCHOOL TRIP, BENEFITS, FUNDING TO GO TOWARDS YOUR ORGANIZATION). WE WILL STILL DONATE $5.00 FROM EVERY BOX OF 10 CARDS TO YOUR PERSONAL CAUSE***
ReferencesAmerican Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA). (2018). Key substance use and mental health indicators in the united states: Results from the 2018 national survey on drug use and health. Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/cbhsq-reports/NSDUHNationalFindingsReport2018/NSDUHNationalFindingsReport2018.pdf
