About 5percent of adults in the had a serious mental illness in 2010, a slightly higher number compared to 2009.
Women again outpaced men, 5percent to 4.
That ’18 to’ ’25 year old’ age group again had the highest incidence at 7percentage, and those 50 and older had the lowest at 2percentage. Notice, mental illness can lead to thoughts of suicide, and in 2010 7 million people thought seriously about taking their own lives. Besides, the report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released Thursday, includes information from 68487 completed surveys about mental illness and substance abuse among adults and children.
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Depression was a poser among children ages 12 to Almost 2 million people in that age bracket had a major depressive episode in 2010 that lasted at least two weeks. Basically, while those ages 18 to 25 had the highest, among the highlights, people in the 50 plus age bracket had the lowest incidence of any mental illness, at 29 dot 9percent.
Women had higher rates than men.
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