Mental Health Awareness Week
- Zoya McCants
- Oct 2, 2016
- 1 min read
Mental Health Awareness Week is October 2,2016 to October 8, 2016
FACT OF THE DAY
Individuals with mental illness often have co-occurring disorders.
Raising mental health awareness is an important topic year-round, the mental health community comes together to share knowledge and spread awareness about mental health issues.
About 2.7 percent of adults ages 18 and older (approximately 6 million American) have panic disorder.
Individuals with bipolar disorder make up 2.9% of the U.S. population with nearly 83% of cases being classified as severe.
A relapse is very common for individuals with depression.
Contrary to what most people think, mental health problems are very common.
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