Facts and Links

Facts:

One in five American adults suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder.

Studies show about 45 million and another 10 million children suffer from mental illness.

Fewer than 20% of children, and 33% of adults with a diagnosable mental illness receive proffessional treatment.

In 1999, the surgeon general estimated the direct business cost of a lack of mental health parity at $70 billion in absenteeism, lost productivity, and disability claims.

It takes enormous courage to get up each day and to buoy oneself against the continual problems of mental illness. It demands more fortitude than we can imagine to make the decision to rebuild one's life .

Links:

• NAMI Greater Seattle
• NAMI Eastside
• Community Psychiatric Clinic
• Seattle Raging Grannies
• Bellingham Raging Grannies
• Pyramid Communications
• Rochester Raging Grannies
• Value Village
• Leo Indian Lions Club, Plano, Texas
• Kirkland Art Center
• Microvision
• Tandoori Fire, Bothell
• Wallingford House
• Clean Start
• Plymouth Congregational Church