1 in 25
1 in 25 people live with serious illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depression
1 in 10
1 in 10 young people experienced a period of major depression
10-25
yrs
10-25 years shorter lifespan for people with serious mental illness
A continuum of care
We need a range of services to meet a range of individual needs …
People need to receive the most appropriate care, be served in their own community and not be referred to more intensive—and more costly—care than required. Informational page (PDF)
… yet gaps remain across the state
While much progress has been made in the past few years, most areas of the state still do not have the range of services needed. As a result, people often travel long distances or receive an inappropriate level of care. More information
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Website references
- 1:5, 1:10, 1:25… from https://www.mentalhealth.gov
- “…people get the care they need and the community saves money”; “Higher costs to individuals and tax payers”; “High social and economic costs such as job loss and homelessness….” Source: Minnesota Management & Budget Note: To access the full inventory of services document for adult mental health, please visit this website: https://mn.gov/mmb-stat/results-first/adult-mental-health-services-inventory.pdf https://mn.gov/mmb/results-first/adult-mental-health
- “Delayed or no care; Higher incidences of unnecessary hospitalizations…” See http://kff.org/report-section/the-uninsured-a-primer-2013-4-how-does-lack-of-insurance-affect-access-to-health-care/
- “…or involvement with corrections…” Promoting Health Access to Keep People with Mental Illness Out of Jail Christian Heiss, MPH, CPH, and Shannon M. McMahon, MPA, CHCS December 13, 2014 http://www.chcs.org/promoting-health-access-keep-mentally-ill-jail/
- Pie chart: “job loss, premature death…” Adult Mental Health Benefit-Cost Analysis, Minnesota Management and Budget, https://mn.gov/mmb-stat/results-first/adult-mental-health-report.pdf
- “139,000 both substance use…” DHS: Estimates based on projections from national rates from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH-FRR1-2014/NSDUH-FRR1-2014.pdf