Programs : Adults

• Persons with severe mental illness die 25 years younger than the general population on average.

• One out of every eight people with major depression will die by suicide.

• Mental illnesses together account for more disability in the United States than any other disease category including heart diseases.

• Persons with potentially disabling illnesses are extremely unlikely to be able to afford the treatment they need to recover.

Despite the tremendous human cost of mental illness in America, only about half of those with mental illness receive professional help. Imagine a society in which half of the people with an often-fatal disease do not receive treatment. We can choose not to be that society.

Directions for Mental Health provided a wide range of treatment and recovery services to 5,031 adults in need in Pinellas County last year. More than three-fourths of the persons served by Directions have povertylevel incomes. All adult programs at Directions for Mental Health Inc. have been nationally accredited by CARF and are highly effective.

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