If there's one problem in the United States more pressing than the staggering number of adults suffering from mental illness, it's the fact that nearly half of them aren't getting treatment for it.
According to Mental Health America's recently released annual assessment, about 20% of U.S. adults — or 43.7 million people — have a mental health condition of some kind — and less than half of them are receiving the care they need.
Among children and adolescents, the news is worse: Though the incidence of depression is on the rise, 80% of the young people afflicted receive inadequate care or none at all, according to the MHA report.
"Once again, our report shows that too many Americans are suffering and far too many are not receiving the treatment they need to live healthy and productive lives," Paul Gionfriddo, president of Mental Health America, said in a statement, according to the Washington Post.
[For more of this story, written by Brianna Provenzano, go to http://www.businessinsider.com...ration-rates-2016-10]
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