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Mental Health Awareness

Get the facts! There's a lot of misinformation out there about mental health, mental illness and mental awareness. We've pulled together the facts for you and created a simple way to share them with your friends and family. Feel free to tag us in your posts when you share.
If you've heard something about mental illness and are wondering if it's true or not, reach out. We'll research it and get back to you! contact@paparentandfamilyalliance.org

Text reads - People with severe mental illness are 11 times more likely to be the victim of violent crime. Citation archpsyc.ama-assn.org 62/8/911

Schizophrenia is typically diagnosed in the late teens to early 30's. It tends to emerge earlier in males than females.

3-4 million teens between 12-17 were diagnosed with a major depressive disorder. SAMHSA 2020

A road with a Wait sign on the side and a Start sign much further up the road. Text reads: Across the State of PA children are on waitlists for mental health services at least 9 and 11 months long.

Half of all psychiatric illness occurs before age 14 and 75% by the age of 24. Information provided by Child Mind Institute. Children's mental health report, 2015.

Image of two men, one with his hand on the others shoulder. Word bubble reads, LGBTQ youth who report having at least one accepting adult were 40% less likely to report a suicide attempt in the last year.

One out of every five students reports being bullied. 46% of bullied students have reported the incident to an adult at school. 41% of students who report being bullied at school believe it will happen again. Students who experience bullying are at an increased rate for depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, lower academic achievement and dropping out of school.

Post it image reads, Research shows people who are having thoughts of suicide feel relief when someone asks after them in a caring way. Findings suggest acknowledging and talking about suicide may reduce rather than increase suicide ideation. We all can help someone struggling just by asking if they are okay.

Heading reads Anxiety disorder rarely occurs alone with an image of shadows holding things like pitchforks and shovels and are labeled autism spectrum disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, substance use disorder and ADHD.

By age 10 a child with ADHD receives 20,000 more negative messages than they do positive.

1 in 6 children age 2- 8 (17.4%) have a diagnosed mental health disorder

It can take 11 years from the start of mental health illness symptoms until treatment begins.

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