Mental illness is treatable and suicide is preventable.
Sometimes referred to as the “anxious generation,” today’s young people are actually much more likely to talk about mental health than their parents or grandparents. This generation is closer than ever to breaking the stigma around mental illness in a time when only 44 percent of adults—and less than 20 percent of children and adolescents—with diagnosable mental health problems receive the treatment they need.
Even though it’s treatable, many still suffer in silence.
#2 LEADING CAUSE
of death among students is suicide
280 PEOPLE
decide not to go through with a suicide attempt for every person who dies by suicide
67% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS
first tell a friend they are feeling suicidal before telling anyone else
1 IN 5 ADULTS
have a diagnosable mental illness
50% OF US
will experience a mental health condition in our lifetime
