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NIMH offers expert-reviewed information on mental disorders and a range of topics. NIMH statistics pages include statistics on the prevalence, treatment, and costs of mental illness for the population of the United States.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders. NIMH is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest biomedical research agency in the world.
An overview of statistics for mental illnesses. Mental illnesses are common in the United States. One in six U.S. adults lives with a mental illness (43.4 million in 2015). Mental illnesses include many different conditions that vary in degree of severity, ranging from mild to moderate to severe.
The institute established centers for research on schizophrenia, child and family mental health, suicide, as well as crime and delinquency, minority group mental health problems, urban problems, and later, rape, aging, and technical assistance to victims of natural disasters.
The mission of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) conducts and supports research that seeks to understand, treat, and prevent mental illness.
Depression. Major depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States, affecting nearly 7 percent of U.S. adults and about 5 percent of children. It is two to four times more common in girls and women.