Mental Health America report: NE states have lower prevalence of mental illness, better access to care

The prevalence of mental health concerns among U.S. adults has not changed significantly from 2021-2022, with 23.4% or 60 million people reporting a mental illness. Concerns among youth ages 12 to 17 has decreased with major depressive disorder going from 18.10% to 15.40% and serious thoughts of suicide falling from 12.30% to 10.10%. However, 11.3% or 2.8 million youth said they had impaired function at school or home resulting from mental health issues and three million reported frequent thoughts of suicide. These results and others are derived from the latest report by Mental Health America, a national nonprofit that collected data from all...