- Forty-four percent of American adults report knowing only “a little” or “almost nothing at all” about mental illnesses.
- Forty-five percent of adults surveyed say they are “not too” or “not at all” wellinformed when it comes to identifying the basic warning signs of mental illness.
− Asked whether they would benefit from knowing more about the
warning signs of mental illness, 84 percent said yes.
- Mental Illnesses are more common than Americans think. About 20 percent of adults in the United States suffer from a diagnosable mental illness annually, yet most of those surveyed think the figure is 10 percent or less.