In 2023, around 60 million adults in the United States received treatment or counseling for their mental health within the past year. Such treatment included inpatient or outpatient treatment or counseling, or the use of prescription medication. Anxiety and depression are two common reasons for seeking mental health treatment. Who most often receives mental health treatment? In the United States, women are almost twice as likely than men to have received mental health treatment in the past year, with around 21 percent of adult women receiving some form of mental health treatment in the past year, as of 2021. Considering age, those between 18 and 44 years are more likely to receive counseling or therapy than older adults, however older adults are more likely to take medication to treat their mental health issues. Furthermore, mental health treatment in general is far more common among white adults in the U.S. than among other races or ethnicities. In 2020, around 24.4 percent of white adults received some form of mental health treatment in the past year compared to 15.3 percent of black adults and 12.6 percent of Hispanics. Reasons for not receiving mental health treatment Although stigma surrounding mental health treatment has declined over the last few decades and access to such services has greatly improved, many people in the United States who want or need treatment for mental health issues still do not get it. For example, it is estimated that almost half of women with some form of mental illness did not receive any treatment in the past year, as of 2022. Sadly, the most common reason for U.S. adults to not receive mental health treatment is that they thought they could handle the problem without treatment. Other common reasons for not receiving mental health treatment include not knowing where to go for services or could not afford the costs.

In 2024, around 17 percent of men in the United States received mental health treatment or counseling in the past year. The share of men who have received treatment for mental health problems has increased over the past couple decades likely due to a decrease in stigma around seeking such help and increased awareness of mental health issues. However, women in the U.S. are still much more likely to receive mental health treatment than men. Mental illness among men No one is immune to mental illness and the impact of mental health problems can be severe and debilitating. In 2023, it was estimated that 19 percent of men in the United States had some form of mental illness in the past year. Two of the most common mental disorders among men and women alike are anxiety disorders and depression. Depression is more common among men in their late teens and early 20s, with around 15 percent of U.S. men aged 21 to 25 years reporting experiencing a major depressive episode in the past year as of 2022. Depression is a very treatable condition, but those suffering from depression are at a much higher risk of suicide than those who do not have depression. Suicide among men Although women in the United States are more likely to report suffering from mental illness than men, the suicide rate among U.S. men is around 3.7 times higher than that of women. Suicide deaths among men are much more likely to involve the use of firearms, which may explain some of the disparity in suicide deaths between men and women. In 2020, around 58 percent of suicide deaths among men were from firearms compared to just 33 percent of suicide deaths among women. Although more people in the United States are accessing mental health, barriers to treatment persist. In 2022, the thought that they could handle the problem without treatment was the number one reason U.S. adults gave for not receiving the mental health treatment they required.

Editor’s Choice

• The Global Mental Health Apps Market size is expected to be worth around USD 23.8 Billion by 2032 from USD 5.2 Billion in 2022, growing at a CAGR of 16.9 % during the forecast period from 2023 to 2032.
• According to a survey on mental wellness conducted in India in May 2022, about 61% of female and 55% of male respondents stated that they had used digital technologies such as apps and smart devices to manage their mental well-being.
• There are more than 10,000 mental health apps available in major app stores.
• About 86% of therapy clients believed that teletherapy sessions are more effective than in-person therapy.
• Artificial Intelligence and machine learning technologies are beneficial in developing predictive models for mental health conditions. AI algorithm could predict the onset of psychosis with 93% accuracy.
• Approximately 44% of individuals with mental health conditions do not receive treatment due to barriers such as stigma, cost, and limited access to providers.
• Around 70% of individuals reported that they would feel comfortable seeking mental health support from a Chatbot.

(Source: Statista, PsyberGuide, American Psychological Association, Nature, National Institute of Mental Health)

This statistical release is the annual report on the NHS Talking Therapies programme from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023. NHS Talking Therapies is run by the NHS in England and offers NICE-approved therapies for treating people with anxiety or depression. The publication contains analyses on activity, waiting times and outcomes such as recovery in 2022-23. In addition, the report covers a range of demographic analyses including outcomes for patients of different ages, ethnic group and separately for ex-British Armed Forces personnel. This report also contains additional analysis for therapy-based outcomes in NHS Talking Therapies services. Considerations, caveats and known issues relating to individual measures published in this report can be found in the NHS Talking Therapies metadata document published below.

This report presents results from the 2022 National Substance Use and Mental Health Services Survey (N-SUMHSS), an annual survey of substance use and mental health treatment facilities in the United States. Conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the N-SUMHSS is designed to collect data on the location, characteristics, service provision and utilization of substance use and mental health treatment facilities.

In 2022, nearly ** percent of adults with any mental illness (AMI) in Indiana reported that they were not able to receive mental health-related treatment, the highest share across all states in the United States. On the other hand, West Virginia had the lowest share of adults in the U.S. who reported unmet mental health needs with **** percent. This statistic represents the share of adults with AMI who reported unmet needs for mental health treatment in the U.S. in 2022, by state.

This publication contains the official statistics about uses of the Mental Health Act ('the Act') in England during 2022-23. Under the Act, people with a mental disorder may be formally detained in hospital (or 'sectioned') in the interests of their own health or safety, or for the protection of other people. They can also be treated in the community but subject to recall to hospital for assessment and/or treatment under a Community Treatment Order (CTO). In 2016-17, the way we source and produce these statistics changed. Previously these statistics were produced from the KP90 aggregate data collection. They are now primarily produced from the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS). The MHSDS provides a much richer data source for these statistics, allowing for new insights into uses of the Act. People may be detained in secure psychiatric hospitals, other NHS Trusts or at Independent Service Providers (ISPs). All organisations that detain people under the Act must be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). In recent years, the number of detentions under the Act have been rising. An independent review has examined how the Act is used and has made recommendations for improving the Mental Health Act legislation. In responding to the review, the government said it would introduce a new Mental Health Bill to reform practice. This publication does not cover: 1. People in hospital voluntarily for mental health treatment, as they have not been detained under the Act (see the Mental Health Bulletin). 2. Uses of section 136 where the place of safety was a police station; these are published by the Home Office.

This report describes the total number of clients receiving mental health treatment services in 2022 by demographics, National Outcome Measures (NOMs) and the top five mental health diagnoses for children (ages 0 - 17) and adults (18 and older) by geographical distribution. This report also includes client characteristics and the top 5 mental health diagnoses among all clients receiving mental health treatment services for the 2018-2022 MH-CLD reporting periods. The NOMs presented in this report include stability in housing/residential status, adult employment, and access to services/capacity.

A summary of in-school therapy interventions in 2022

In 2024, it was estimated that 28.2 percent of U.S. women received mental health treatment or counseling at some time in the past year. This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. women who received mental health treatment or counseling in the past year from 2002 to 2024.

This report presents the total number of admissions to and discharges from substance use treatment services in 2022 by demographics, National Outcome Measures (NOMs), morbidity status, and the top six primary substances by geographic distribution. This report also presents the total number of admissions to and discharge from substance use treatment services by demographics and the top six substances in 2018-2022. The NOMs presented in this report include stability in housing, employment status, criminal justice involvement, social support, retention in treatment, and abstinence. Data include records for treatment admissions and discharges that were received and processed through October 17, 2023.

The Annual Detailed Tables present in-depth findings on location, characteristics, and utilization of substance use and mental health services as collected by the National Substance Use and Mental Health Survey (N-SUMHSS). The data presented are intended to provide behavioral health services providers; researchers; and federal, state, and local governments with information about the number and characteristics of public and private substance use and mental health treatment facilities nationwide.

This report presents findings from the third (wave 3) in a series of follow up reports to the 2017 Mental Health of Children and Young People (MHCYP) survey, conducted in 2022. The sample includes 2,866 of the children and young people who took part in the MHCYP 2017 survey. The mental health of children and young people aged 7 to 24 years living in England in 2022 is examined, as well as their household circumstances, and their experiences of education, employment and services and of life in their families and communities. Comparisons are made with 2017, 2020 (wave 1) and 2021 (wave 2), where possible, to monitor changes over time.

The state profiles present findings from the annual National Substance Use and Mental Health Services Survey (N-SUMHSS). Each state profile provides summary information on substance use and mental health treatment facilities’ characteristics, services offered, client numbers and a mapping of treatment facility locations within the state.

As of the first quarter of 2022, it was found that approximately 76 percent of the leading mobile apps for children hosted in the Google Play Store could potentially transmit location data to advertisers, while in the case of the Apple App Store the number of popular children apps corresponded to around 67 percent of the total. Additionally, 75 percent of iOS apps had potential access to personal data through permissions, while in the case of apps hosted in the Google Play Store the number of popular children apps holding the same possibility corresponded to around 35 percent of the total.

The Get Data Out programme from the National Disease Registration Service publishes detailed statistics about small groups of cancer patients in a way that ensures patient anonymity is maintained. The 19 cancer sites currently covered by Get Data Out are: ‘Bladder, urethra, renal pelvis and ureter’, ‘Bone’, ‘Brain’, ‘Eye’, ‘Blood cancer (haematological neoplasms)’, ‘Blood cancer (haematological neoplasm) transformations’, ‘Head and neck’, ‘Kaposi sarcoma’, ‘Kidney’, ‘Liver and biliary tract’, ‘Lung, mesothelioma, and other thoracic', Oesophagus and stomach’, ‘Ovary’, ‘Pancreas’, ‘Prostate’, ‘Sarcoma’, ‘Skin tumours’, ‘Soft tissue’, ‘Testes’. Anonymisation standards are designed into the data by aggregation at the outset. Patients diagnosed with a certain type of tumour are divided into many smaller groups, each of which contains approximately 100 patients with the same characteristics. These groups are aimed to be clinically meaningful and differ across cancer sites. For each group of patients, Get Data Out routinely publish statistics about incidence, routes to diagnosis, treatments and survival. This release covers the addition of the diagnosis year 2022 for treatment, plus a refresh of the 2013-2021 treatment data. This is also a first release of a new 'Visualisations' tab on our dashboard which will allow the user to explore the GDO data in graphical and tabular form. Users will now be able to select a single GDO group using drop down menus and display figures of incidence, demographic, treatment, routes to diagnosis, and survival statistics by diagnosis year. Finally, this is a small update to the 2013-2022 incidence data to include more age standardised rates (ASRs) for gender specific groups (genital skin groups for example which previously did not have an ASR published). All releases and documentation are available on the Get Data Out dashboard. Before using the data, we recommend that you read the 'Introduction', 'FAQs' and 'Known limitations' tabs. The data is available in an open format for anyone to access and use. We hope that by releasing anonymous detailed data like this we can help researchers, the public and patients themselves discover more about cancer. If you have feedback or any other queries about Get Data Out, please email us at NDRSenquires@nhs.net and mention 'Get Data Out' in your email.

This statistical release is the annual report on the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme from 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022. IAPT is run by the NHS in England and offers NICE-approved therapies for treating people with anxiety or depression. The publication contains analyses on activity, waiting times and outcomes such as recovery in 2021-22. In addition, the report covers a range of demographic analyses including outcomes for patients of different ages, ethnic group and separately for ex-British Armed Forces personnel. This report also contains additional analysis for therapy-based outcomes in IAPT services. The attached outputs for this publication still refer to some old terminology i.e. 'started' or 'entered treatment', which map to the new terminology of 'accessing services' as presented on the publication pages. This will be updated for next year's annual report.