Mental health treatment in the U.S. - Statistics & Facts

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Number of U.S. adults who received mental health treatment or counseling in the past year (in millions)
41.7m
Number of mental health treatment facilities in the U.S.
12,012
Percentage of adults that did not seek mental health services because they could not afford the care
46.4%

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Treatment utilization among adults

  • Basic Statistic Mental health treatment or counseling among adults in the U.S. 2002-2023
  • Basic Statistic Mental health treatment or counseling among U.S. men 2002-2023
  • Basic Statistic Mental health treatment or counseling among U.S. women 2002-2023
  • Premium Statistic Mental health service use by U.S. adults 2002-2023, by type of care
  • Premium Statistic U.S. adults who received mental health treatment through prescription 2005-2020
  • Premium Statistic U.S. adults receiving mental health treatment by prescription medication 2005-2020
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who had received any mental healthcare in 2020, by age
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who had received any mental healthcare in 2020, by race
  • Basic Statistic Receipt of mental health services among U.S. adults by level of illness 2023
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults receiving mental health treatment by insurance status 2023
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who received mental health treatment by poverty status 2023

Treatment utilization among children and adolescents

  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who received any mental health treatment from 2013 to 2019
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who received any mental health treatment 2013-2019, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who received any mental health treatment 2013-2019, by age
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. children who received any mental health treatment 2013-19, by race
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. children who received any mental health treatment 2013-19, by income
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. children who received mental health treatment in the past year, 2021

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Untreated mental illness

  • Premium Statistic Reasons for not receiving mental health services among U.S. adults 2023
  • Premium Statistic Reasons for ending mental health services among U.S. college students 2022-2023
  • Basic Statistic Treatment gap among U.S. women with substance use and mental disorders in 2022
  • Basic Statistic African Americans with no treatment for mental and substance use disorders U.S. 2022
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. Hispanics with mental illness who didn't receive treatment as of 2022
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. LGB adults with untreated substance use or mental health disorders 2022
  • Basic Statistic Treatment gap for mental health and substance use disorder among veterans U.S. 2022

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