behavioral, or emotional disorder (excluding developmen- tal and substance use disorders) in the past year based on criteria specified in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), published by the American Psychiatric Association.
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43.7 Million Americans Experienced Mental Illness in 2012
Nearly one in five American adults, or 43.7 million people, experienced a diagnosable mental illness in 2012
according to SAMHSA. These results are consistent with 2011 findings.
Top Three Reasons Adults Did Not Get Mental Health Treatment in 2012
· They worried about affording the cost. · They thought they could handle the problem without treatment.
· They did not know where to receive services.
"The President and Vice President have made clear that mental illness should no longer be treated by our society—or covered by insurance companies- differently from other illnesses," said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. "The Affordable Care Act and new parity protections are expanding mental and substance use disorder benefits for 62 million Americans. This historic expansion will help make treatment more affordable and accessible."
The new findings come from SAMHSA's 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). In the survey, mental illness among adults age 18 or older is defined as having had a diagnosable mental,
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In this survey, serious mental illness is defined as mental illness that resulted in serious functional impairment, which substantially interfered with or limited one or more major life activities. A major depressive episode is defined as a period of at least 2 weeks when a person experienced a depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities and had at least four of seven additional symptoms reflecting the criteria as described in DSM-IV.
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