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Mental Health Disorder Statistics

Mar 21, 2007

Mental health disorders account for several of the top causes of disability in established market economies, such as the U.S., worldwide, and include: major depression (also called clinical depression), manic depression (also called bipolar disorder), schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

An estimated 26% of Americans ages 18 and older - about 1 in 4 adults - suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.

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    Mental Disorders Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
    Schizophrenia

    Schizophrenia

    A common and serious mental disorder characterized by loss of contact with reality (psychosis), hallucinations (false perceptions), delusions (false beliefs), abnormal thinking

      Psychotic Disorders

      Psychotic Disorders

      Psychotic disorders are a collection of disorders in which psychosis ...

      Mood disorders

      Mood disorders

      Mood disorders are among the most common diagnoses in psychiatry ...

      Personality Disorders

      Personality Disorders

      The majority of people with a personality disorder never come ...

      Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

      Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

      Many disorders seen in adults can occur in children.

      Substance-Related Disorders

      Substance-Related Disorders

      Substance abuse is as common as it is costly to society...

      Cognitive Disorders

      Cognitive Disorders

      The cognitive disorders are delirium, dementia, and amnestic disorders ...

      Anxiety Disorders

      The term anxiety refers to many states in which the sufferer experiences a sense of impending threat ...

      Miscellaneous Disorders

      Miscellaneous Disorders

      Miscellaneous disorders does not refer to any official...

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