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Many With Mental Illness Go Without Treatment, Survey Says

(1/23/2012)

By Janice Lloyd
USA Today
January 19, 2012

A majority of Americans with mental disorders did not receive professional help in 2010, according to a major government study released today.

Although about 20% of American adults (45.9 million) reported any mental illness in 2010, only 39.2% of that group said they got treatment, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration report shows.

View the full article: http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/medical/mentalhealth/story/2012-01-19/Many-with-mental-illness-go-without-treatment-survey-says/52653166/1


Keywords: mental illness, go without, treatment, survey



Recovery Month promotes the societal benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for substance use and mental disorders, celebrates people in recovery, lauds the contributions of treatment and service providers, and promotes the message that recovery in all its forms is possible. Recovery Month spreads the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention works, treatment is effective and people can and do recover.

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