Sunday, April 17, 2011

What is Mental Health (Click On Link For Full Article)

What is mental health?

In a survey conducted by the American Health Association Spring of 2010, out of 94,000 respondents, students indicated the following in the 12 months prior to taking the survey:

* 45.6% felt helpless
* 56.4% felt very lonely
* 60.7% felt very sad
* 30.7% felt so depressed it was difficult to function
* 48.4% felt overwhelming anxiety
* 6.2% seriously contemplated suicide
* 1.3% attempted suicide
* 5.3% intentionally cut, bruised or injured self