Behavioral health challenges are everywhere and often tragically overlooked. Of those suffering from challenges, those with the lowest-incomes tend to experience anxiety and depression at much higher rates. We need to step up and improve behavioral health care, especially for society's most vulnerable.
Nearly 1 in 3 adults had a substance use disorder or a mental illness in the past year.
Only 9.1% of Americans suffering from mental and substance use disorders at the same time received care for those conditions.
Those with the lowest incomes are typically 1.5 to 3 times more likely than the rich to experience depression or anxiety.
Most people who die by suicide have a diagnosable mental disorder.
80% of Americans cited cost and 60% cited shame and stigma as obstacles for getting behavioral health care.