Drug and alcohol abuse in our nation’s teenagers has become a major public health issue. Here are 10 Facts about Teens and Mental Health. Data presented by Adolescent Growth - a Family-Owned, California based Teen Treatment Facility founded in 2005. Visit our official website at http://www.adolescentgrowth.com Visit Us: 6323 Zindell Avenue, Commerce, CA 90040 Call Us: (888) 920-2370 http://facebook.com/AdolescentGrowth http://twitter.com/adolescentgrow http://youtube.com/AdolescentGrowth http://plus.google.com/+Adolescentgrowth

2. ONE 1in five young people suffer
from a mental illness.
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Of those teenagers, only
THIRTY PERCENT will be
diagnosed and will be able to
receive proper care.
3 Around 20 to 30% of teenagers will
experience one episode of major depression
before reaching adulthood.

3. 4
Teenagers with undiagnosed mental disorders
are at risk for committing suicide, for doing
self-harm, for dropping out of school and for
spending time in juvenile detention-for over ninety
percent of individuals who commit suicide are reported
to have suffered from a mental disorder.
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Therefore more teenagers and young
adults die from suicide than from
cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth
defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza
and chronic lung disease

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Approximately 1 IN EVERY 12 children and teenagers
exhibit self-harm and over ninety-five percent of
these cases are due to a mental illness.
OVER 50% of teenagers with severe mental
illnesses drop out of high school.

5. 8 9 10
About 95% of children in
juvenile detention suffer
from a mental disorder
and may times suffer from
more than one disorder.
Today in America, 4 million
kids and adults suffer from a
serious mental disorder.
But unfortunately, only
four percent of the total
health care budget is
spend on protecting the
mental health of the
American citizen.

6. Reference: cogtoolz.com | nami.org
Data collected and presented by Adolescent Growth - a Family-Owned, California based Teen
Treatment Facility founded in 2005. Visit our official website at adolescentgrowth.com

7. Reference: cogtoolz.com | nami.org
Data collected and presented by Adolescent Growth - a Family-Owned, California based Teen
Treatment Facility founded in 2005. Visit our official website at adolescentgrowth.com