Mind Your Mental Health is Magellan Healthcare’s educational initiative designed to raise awareness about mental health and mental illness.
Mental health
includes our emotional, psychological and social wellbeing. It affects how we think, feel and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others and make choices.
Mental illness
is common and treatable. About one in five in the U.S. experience mental illness. Sadly, because of the stigma with mental illness, many people do not get the treatment they need.
Talking more freely about mental health and continuing to reduce stigma around getting treatment are hallmarks of this annual observance. Mental Health Month is a time to raise awareness of and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues, as well as highlighting the impact mental illness and addiction have on society.
- More than 50 million Americans struggle with mental health conditions.
- Rates of youth depression rose from 12.9% to 25.2% from the pre-pandemic period to 2021.
- Most Americans lack access to adequate mental health treatment, as 54.7% of adults with mental illnesses
did not receive care in the last year. - Members of LGBTQ+ community are almost three times more likely than others to experience a
mental health condition such as major depression or generalized anxiety disorder. - Annual prevalence among U.S. adults, by condition
- anxiety disorders: 19.1%
- major depressive episode: 8.3%
- posttraumatic stress disorder: 3.6%
Mental health topics
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Nutrition and Mental Health
If you are in a crisis or considering suicide, or if you or someone you know is currently in danger, please call 911 immediately.
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