Crisis Residential Program & Counseling Center for TAY and Young Adults

5 Facts about Mental Illness

Fact 1

Like heart disease or diabetes, mental illness is often a medical condition that calls for proper treatment, support and education.

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Fact 2

Two-thirds of people with a diagnosable mental illness never seek professional help. (Many do not know where to go, don’t realize their condition is treatable, or fear discrimination.)

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Fact 3

Self-stigma prevents up to 60% of those with mental illness from seeking treatment.

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Fact 4

Roughly 50% of of those with severe mental illness are afflicted by substance abuse.

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Fact 5

Someone with a mental illness is no more likely to be violent than someone in the general population and is actually 3x more likely to become a victim.

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