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43.8 million adults experience mental illness each year, and nearly 1 in 25 Americans live with a serious mental illness.
“Mental illness is not a personal failure. In fact, if there is failure, it is to be found in the way we have responded to people with mental and brain disorders”
-Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland Director-General of the World Health Organization
Ways to get help
Learn More About Mental Illness
Call Your Doctor
Connect to Family, Friends, and Support Groups
- Suicide Prevention Hotline: Call 1-800-273-8255. Available 24 hours everyday
- Online Confidential Chat for Suicide Prevention
- National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) “Disclosing to Others”
- Crisis Text Line- Text NAMI to 741-741
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