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Mental health affects everyone. When it’s good, life feels limitless. When you’re feeling down mentally––or for the millions of Americans suffering from a mental illness––it can be an incredible barrier to try to overcome. Struggling with mental illness or health might feel isolating, but it’s more common than you might think.

The facts

• Nearly half of all Americans will meet the criteria for a diagnosable mental health condition sometime in their life.
• One in five adults in the U.S. experience mental illness.
• Four million children and adolescents suffer from a serious mental disorder.
• In 2023 alone, more than 50,000 Americans died by suicide – that’s one death every 11 minutes.

Mental illness disrupts a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning. There are more than 200 types of mental illness and conditions, which means there’s no blanket solution and it can be a complex topic for people to wrap their head around.

That includes a broad spectrum of unique mental health conditions, such as:

• Mood disorders like major depression, bipolar disorder and postpartum depression
• Anxiety disorders including generalized anxiety disorder, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder
• Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, hallucinations and delusions
• Grief counseling and support
• Substance related and other co-occurring disorders
• Emotional and mental health problems related to other medical conditions
• Medication adjustments

Mental Illness Awareness Week is a nationwide effort created by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to improve public understanding and awareness of mental illness, and to address and eliminate stigma.

INTEGRIS Health offers a variety of support, recovery and treatment options to help people with mental illness, such as:

• Programs to reduce addiction and substance abuse
• Suicide prevention
• School-based mental health programs for youth
• Childcare consultation services
• Early intervention programs for children exposed to trauma
• Individual, family and group counseling
• Inpatient acute and residential level psychiatric care
• Comprehensive outpatient care and support

INTEGRIS Health urges you to seek help for yourself or your loved ones if needed.

If you’re struggling with mental health or illness, visit INTEGRIS Health Mental Health to learn more. Or if you’re in need of immediate assistance, the national suicide prevention lifeline is available 24/7 by calling 1-800-273-TALK (8255).