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[…] an adult living with mental illness, and 3 OUT OF 4 mental health caregivers report high levels of stress. 8.4 MILLION 90% of those who die by suicide have an underlying mental illness. Suicide is the 10TH LEADING CAUSE of death in the United States. Mental illness costs the United States in lost earnings […]
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[…] • Serotonin – inhibitory; involved in emotion and mood. Too little serotonin has been shown to lead to depression, problems with anger control, obsessive -compulsive disorder, and suicide. • Dopamine – inhibitory (meaning when it finds receptor sites, it blocks the firing of the neuron); controls arousal, alertness, attention; vital for giving motivation; Drugs […]
[…] and increased coping and problem solving skills. " • Is it reasonable to portray need as urgent - if you are making comparisons between counties for example suicide rates in County A versus County R because County A has suicide rates that are 11.3% higher. • Does your project address the problem differently than […]
[…] has cut mental health funding by 28 percent since 2009 and has one of the lowest per capita rates of mental health funding in the nation, the suicide rate "is among the nation’s highest, as is the percentage of adults reporting poor mental health." 4 • In Michigan, a state among those hit hardest […]
[…] al, 2011. "HCUP Facts and Figures: Statistics on Hospital-based Care in the United States, 2009," Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 9 J.L. McIntosh, January 2012. "U.S.A. suicide: 2009 official final data," American Association of Suicidology. 10 Kathleen Skowyra and Joseph J. Cocozza, Ph.D., June 2006. "A Blueprint for Change: Improving the System Response […]
[…] trauma, losses and shortened lives. When the door is shut on engagement, too many people leave school, lose jobs, get arrested, be come home- less or attempt suicide. While there are many reasons people do not engage in mental health servi ces and supports, including in some cases lack of insight, this report focuses […]
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[…] five since he was unable to button, zip or tie, and teachers reported his difficulties with holding a pencil, or using scissors . Mr. Johnson first attempted suicide at the age of 14, and by the age of 18 he had been admitted to the hospital four times for suicide attempts. During his adolescence […]
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