Mental Health Statistics: UK & Worldwide
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It is estimated that approximately 450 million people worldwide have a
mental health problem. (World Health Organisation, 2001)
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1 in 4 British adults experience at least one diagnosable mental health
problem in any one year, and 1 in 6 experiences this at any given time.
(The Office for National Statistics Psychiatric Morbidity report, 2001)
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Although mental disorders are widespread, serious cases are concentrated
among a relatively small proportion of people who experience more than
one mental health problem. (The British Journal of Psychiatry, 2005)
- According to a rigorous health survey conducted by the CDC in 2004, an
estimated 25 percent of adults in the U.S. reported having a mental
illness in the previous year. Lifetime prevalence rates of mental
illness in the U.S. were around 50 percent when measured back in 2004.
That means in a family of four, one of you likely has a mental illness.
