By PPN News Staff
During 2022, almost 23.1% of adults suffered any mental illness, and 19.5% of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years suffered a major depressive episode, according to a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (https://www.samhsa.gov/data/release/2022-national-survey-drug-use-and-health-nsduh-releases).
Suicidal ideation was high with one in 20 adults, aged 18 years and older, having serious thoughts of suicide (5.2%), 1.5% making a suicide