A leading mental health nonprofit has released an annual report on America’s emotional well-being — and the results are worse than downbeat.
The Alexandria, Virginia-based Mental Health America (MHA) released its annual State of Mental Health in America report on Thursday.
Analyzing the latest federal data from all 50 states, it estimates that 55% of the more than 50 million Americans who experienced mental illness in 2020 went untreated.
That’s equal to the 56% that last year’s report found did not receive treatment in 2019 — but experts say the real number is likely higher because COVID-19 disrupted the collection of national data.