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Join us for fun activities celebrating mental health awareness!


  On Monday, May 4th at 12:00-1:00 in the atrium, the Counseling Center and the Civility Committee will be making stress balls and glitter bottles in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month.   Below are some Mental Health Statistics from the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

*        One in four adults−approximately 61.5 million Americans experience mental illness in a given year.
*        One in 17−about 13.6 million−live with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder.
*        Approximately 20 percent of youth ages 13 to 18 experience severe mental disorders in a given year. For ages 8 to 15, the estimate is 13 percent.
*        Approximately 1.1 percent of American adults about 2.4 million people live with schizophrenia.
*        Approximately 2.6 percent of American adults−6.1 million people live with bipolar disorder.
*        Approximately 6.7 percent of American adults−about 14.8 million people−live with major depression.
*        Approximately 18.1 percent of American adults−about 42 million people−live with anxiety disorders, such as panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), generalized anxiety disorder and phobias.

Please join us for the fun and help support mental health awareness:  We look forward to seeing you there! 

Kara Kupinski
Counseling Center and Veteran Services
05/01/2015