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    The

    RIPPLE EFFECT of Mental Illness

    Having a mental illness can make it challenging to live everyday life and
    maintain recovery. Let’s look at some of the ways mental illness can
    impact lives — and how the impact can ripple out.

    People with serious Rates of cardiometabolic


    mental illness have an disease are twice
    increased risk for as high in adults
    chronic disease, like with serious
    diabetes or cancer 19% of U.S. adults with mental illness
    mental illness also have a
    substance use disorder

    At least 8.4 million


    Americans provide
    care to an adult with
    an emotional or
    mental illness Caregivers spend an
    average of 32 hours
    per week providing
    unpaid care

    1 in 8 of all visits to
    20% of people U.S. emergency
    experiencing departments are
    homelessness also related to mental and
    have a serious 37% of people 70% of youth in the
    incarcerated in juvenile justice substance use
    mental illness disorders
    state and federal system have at least
    prison have a one mental health
    diagnosed mental condition
    condition

    Depression and anxiety


    disorders cost the
    global economy
    Depression is the $1 trillion each year in
    leading cause of lost productivity
    disability worldwide

    Data from CDC, NIMH and other select sources. Find citations for this resource at nami.org/mhstats

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