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Did you know…

In the United States, people with severe mental illness die 25 years earlier than the general population on average. (Time) In Denmark, the life expectancy gap has been shown to be as high as 18.7 years with certain disorders. Psychiatric News And the differential in life expectancy is believed to be even wider in developing countries.
1 in 5 people in the workplace experience a mental health condition. (S. Department of Health and Human Services) Many more employees are caregivers.
More than 450 million across the globe suffer from mental illnesses (WHO)
By 2030, depression will be the 2nd highest cause of disease burden in middle-income and the 3rd highest in low-income countries. (WHO)
Only one-third of those suffering from mental illness worldwide receive treatment (Janssen)
75% of those who suffer from mental illnesses develop symptoms by age 24 (Janssen)
More than 90% of people who complete suicide have a diagnosable mental disorder (NIH)
Mental and psychosocial disabilities are associated with rates of unemployment as high as 90%. (WHO)
Suicide is among the three leading causes of death among those ages 15-44 years in some countries, and the second leading cause of death in the 10-24 years age group. (WHO)
The World Economic Forum estimates that the economic impact of mental illness will total more than cancer, diabetes, and respiratory illnesses combined by 2030.

Information

Mental illness is no different from any other chronic disease like heart disease or diabetes. And as with any chronic disease there are both biological and behavioral components. The only difference in the case of mental illness is that the organ needing treatment is the brain. Learn more here: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/06/roots.aspx
NAMI – The Facts, Prevalence, Consequences, Impact, and Treatment of Mental Illness in America and Ways to Get Help Mental Health by the Numbers https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-By-the-Numbers
Mental Health America B4stageB4 http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/b4stage4-get-informed
A Substance Abuse & Suicide Guide from Drugrehab.com https://www.drugrehab.com/guides/suicide-risks/
Active Minds http://www.activeminds.com/

Depression

Bipolar Disorder

Video of a son of a JnJ employee telling his story about his experience with bipolar disorder – WebMD https://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder/bipolar-life-17/video-bipolar-my-life
Stephen Fry’s documentary on Bipolar disorder – Secret Life of the Manic Depressive – YouTube – part 1 and part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtImgnj5DN0

When Times Get Tough

Powerful Motivation for Depression | Hard Times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xctvXwngaw0

Support for Caregivers

https://www.nami.org/Find- Support/NAMI-Programs/Nami- Family-Support-Group
http://www.apa.org
http://www. mentalhealthamerica.net
www.caregiving.org
https://www.caregiver.org/ caregiver-health
https://al-anon.org/
http://www.camh.ca/en/ hospital/health_information/ for_children_youth/Pages/when_ parent_bipolar.aspx
https://www.healthyplace.com/ bipolar-disorder/bipolar- support/supporting-someone- with-bipolar-for-family-and- friends/
https://www.shrm.org/ resourcesandtools/hr-topics/ benefits/pages/mental-health- support.aspx

Taking Care of Yourself

Landmark Worldwide – Landmark Forum (A program that helped me heal!)

This Is Not The End

Inspiring Speech On Depression & Mental Health https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBGvOmUhhq4

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