Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Suicide Rate, Increasing 23% Over A Decade, Points To Larger Mental Health Issues

Virginia's Shockingly High Suicide Rate Points To a National Problem by Andrea-Gale Okoro.  Think Progress.  July 30, 2013.

(1)  There were ____________ emergency room visits for self-inflected injuries in 2010.

(2) The National Institute of Mental Health reports that ___________ of adults are clinically depressed at some point in their life.

(3)  Of Americans who suffer from severe mental illness only _________% receive any treatment.

(4)  More than __________ million Americans need some treatment for addiction but only _______ received any.

(5)  The Affordable Care Act seeks to expand access to mental health services for approximately ____________ Americans.

(6)  An important barrier to treatment is the pervasive __________ that remains attached to mental health care.




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