34.6 million
The number of American adults (age 18+) who received mental health treatment or counseling during the past 12 months, according to a report released last week by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) -- Substance Use and Mental Health Estimates from the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Overview of Findings (PDF).
22%
The percentage of 2,230 soldiers receiving a PTSD diagnosis within 90 days of return from Afghanistan who had only one mental health care visit, according to a recent study published in the journal Psychiatric Services -- PTSD Treatment for Soldiers After Combat Deployment: Low Utilization of Mental Health Care and Reasons for Dropout. The researchers further report that 41% of these 2,230 soldiers "received minimally adequate care (eight or more encounters in 12 months)."
The percentage increase in the number of prescriptions for any sleep medication between 1999 and 2010, from 5.3 million to 20.8 million, according to an article recently published in the journal Sleep -- Trends in Outpatient Visits for Insomnia, Sleep Apnea, and Prescriptions for Sleep Medications among US Adults: Findings from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 1999-2010.
18.7 per 100,000
The 2013 suicide rate among active duty Service members, according to the recently released Department of Defense Quarterly Suicide Report Calendar Year 2013 -- 4th Quarter (PDF), issued by the Defense Suicide Prevention Office. Among members of the Reserve component, the rate was 23.4 per 100,000, and among National Guard members, 28.9 per 100,000.
6 in 10
The number of U.S. Army personnel over the course of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars "meeting self-reported criteria for PTSD, MDD, or PTSD and MDD" who did not utilize mental health services, according to a new report published in the American Journal of Public Health --Trends in Mental Health Services Utilization and Stigma in US Soldiers From 2002 to 2011.