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The prevalence of depression among incarcerated females links to trends within the general population as well. A study found that of the 54% of incarcerated women diagnosed with lifetime PTSD, 63% reported experiencing three or more traumatic events. [15] Another common mental illness is antisocial personality disorder.
Serious mental illness" is defined here as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression. [13] Further, they found that 16% of the jail and prison population in the U.S. has a serious mental illness (compared to 6.4% in 1983), [1] although this statistic does not reflect differences among individual states. [14]
The World Health Organization notes gender differentials in both the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. [61] Gender bias observed in diagnostic and healthcare systems (including as related to under-diagnosis, over-diagnosis, and misdiagnosis) is detrimental to the treatment and health of people of all genders. [62]
The lifetime prevalence of at least one mental disorder: 57.4% [5] 12 month prevalence of at least one mental disorder: 32.4%; Comorbidity: Of the people who had experienced a mental illness in their lifetime (48% of the population), 27% had experienced more than one. The resulting average is 2.1 mental disorders per disordered person.
A study of 4.4 million men and women in Sweden found a 68%–77% increased risk of diagnosed psychosis for people living in the most urbanized environments, a significant proportion of which is likely to be schizophrenia. [166] The effect does not appear to be due to a higher incidence of obstetric complications in urban environments. [167]
Mental disorders have been found to be common, with over a third of people in most countries reporting sufficient criteria to be diagnosed at some point in their life. [1] The World Health Organization (WHO) reported in 2001 that about 450 million people worldwide have some form of mental disorder or brain condition, and that one in four people ...
A 2015 review found that in the United States, about 4% of violence is attributable to people diagnosed with mental illness, [228] and a 2014 study found that 7.5% of crimes committed by mentally ill people were directly related to the symptoms of their mental illness. [229] The majority of people with serious mental illness are never violent ...
[3] [5] [6] In 2021, there was a 5.5% prevalence rate of U.S. adults diagnosed with SMI, with the highest percentage being in the 18 to 25 year-old group (11.4%). [2] Also in the study, 65.4% of the 5.5% diagnosed adults with SMI received mental health care services. [2] SMI is a subset of AMI, an abbreviation for any mental illness. [2]