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  Mental Health Awareness

  Each year in the United States, almost one in five Americans will have a diagnosable mental health illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that the number of “visits to the emergency department with mental disorders as the primary diagnosis” is about 4.9 million visits. Depression is a common mental illness, and it is estimated that roughly 5% of adults suffer from it worldwide. Other common mental disorders include anxiety, addiction/substance use disorder, bipolar disorder, PTSD and schizophrenia.
  
  Read more in The Valued Voice here.
   

Fast Facts

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  Mental Health Awareness

  Each year in the United States, almost one in five Americans will have a diagnosable mental health illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that the number of “visits to the emergency department with mental disorders as the primary diagnosis” is about 4.9 million visits. Depression is a common mental illness, and it is estimated that roughly 5% of adults suffer from it worldwide. Other common mental disorders include anxiety, addiction/substance use disorder, bipolar disorder, PTSD and schizophrenia.
  
  Read more in The Valued Voice here.