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images[2]='
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images[3]='
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var foo=Math.floor(Math.random()*images.length)
if (foo==0)
foo=1
document.write(images[foo])
}
//Random General Statistics
function random_general_stat(){
var gen_stat=new Array()
gen_stat[1]='In 2005, an estimated 21.4 million adults aged 18 or older were living with serious psychological distress. SAMHSA'
gen_stat[2]='Among those from 18 to 25 years old, the prevalence of serious mental health conditions is high (almost double that of the general population, yet this age group shows the lowest rate of help-seeking behaviors. SAMHSA'
gen_stat[3]='Number of visits to office-based physicians for mental disorders: 48 million. CDC'
gen_stat[4]='Number of hospital emergency department visits for mental health problems 3.7 million. CDC'
gen_stat[5]='Number of hospital outpatient department visits for mental illnesses: 5.7 million. CDC'
gen_stat[6]='Number of outpatient visits for mental illnesses: 51.7 million. CDC'
gen_stat[7]='Percent of adults living in the community with serious psychological distress in the past 30 days: 3.1. CDC'
gen_stat[8]='The number of completed suicides each year far surpasses the number of homicides in America. Number of completed suicides in 2004: 32,439 CDC'
gen_stat[9]='An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older—about one in four adults—suffer from a diagnosable mental condition in a given year. NIMH'
gen_stat[10]='Mental health problems are the leading cause of disability in the U.S. and Canada for ages 15 to 44. NIMH'
gen_stat[11]='Many people experience more than one mental health problem at a given time. NIMH'
gen_stat[12]='Mental health conditions account for more than 15 percent of the burden of disease in established market economies-more than the disease burden caused by all cancers. NIMH'
gen_stat[13]='More than 90 percent of people who complete suicide have a mental health problem, most commonly depression or a substance use condition. NIMH'
gen_stat[14]='Four times as many men as women die by suicide; however, women attempt suicide two to three times as often as men. NIMH'
gen_stat[15]='Suicide is the third leading cause of death for those between 15 and 24 years of age. The number of attempted suicides is even higher. AACAP'
var foo=Math.floor(Math.random()*gen_stat.length)
if (foo==0)
foo=1
document.write(gen_stat[foo])
}
//Random Depression Statistics
function random_depression_stat(){
var depress_stat=new Array()
depress_stat[1]='About 18.8 million Americans experience depressive disorders that affect how they sleep, eat, feel about themselves, and live their lives. SAMHSA'
depress_stat[2]='Number of ambulatory care visits for depression: 21.0 million. CDC'
depress_stat[3]='Depressive disorders often co-occur with anxiety disorders and substance abuse. NIMH'
depress_stat[4]='Major depressive disorder is the leading cause of disability in the U.S. for ages 15 to 44. NIMH'
depress_stat[5]='Major depressive disorder affects approximately 14.8 million American adults, or about 6.7 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year. NIMH'
depress_stat[6]='Major depressive disorder can develop at any age, but the median age at onset is 32. NIMH'
depress_stat[7]='Major depressive disorder is more prevalent in women than in men. NIMH'
depress_stat[8]='Dysthymic disorder affects approximately 1.5 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year. This figure translates to about 3.3 million American adults. NIMH'
depress_stat[9]='The median age of onset of dysthymic disorder is 31. NIMH'
depress_stat[10]='Teenage girls are more likely to develop depression than teenage boys. NIMH'
depress_stat[11]='Children and teens who have a chronic illness, endure abuse or neglect, or experience other trauma have an increased risk of depression. NIMH'
depress_stat[12]='As many as one in every 33 children and one in eight adolescents may have depression. NMHA'
var foo=Math.floor(Math.random()*depress_stat.length)
if (foo==0)
foo=1
document.write(depress_stat[foo])
}
//Random Anxiety Statistics
function random_anxiety_stat(){
var anxiety_stat=new Array()
anxiety_stat[1]='Approximately 5.3 million Americans have been diagnosed with social anxiety disorder. SAMHSA'
anxiety_stat[2]='About 2.4 million Americans suffer from panic disorder; twice as many women as men are directly affected. SAMHSA'
anxiety_stat[3]='Post-traumatic stress syndrome affects about 5.2 million Americans, but more women than men are likely to develop it. SAMHSA'
anxiety_stat[4]='About 4 million Americans have general anxiety disorder; twice as many women as men are diagnosed with it. SAMHSA'
anxiety_stat[5]='About 3.3 million Americans are living with obsessive compulsive disorder; men and women are equally affected. SAMHSA'
anxiety_stat[6]='Two million American children are diagnosed with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. SAMHSA'
anxiety_stat[7]='Number of ambulatory care visits for anxiety: 6.2 million. CDC'
anxiety_stat[8]='Number of ambulatory care visits for attention deficit disorder: 5.4 million. CDC'
anxiety_stat[9]='Approximately 40 million American adults ages 18 and older, or about 18.1 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have an anxiety disorder. NIMH'
anxiety_stat[10]='Anxiety disorders frequently co-occur with depressive disorders or substance abuse. NIMH'
anxiety_stat[11]='Most people with one anxiety disorder also have another anxiety disorder. Nearly three-quarters of those with an anxiety disorder will have their first episode by age 21. NIMH'
anxiety_stat[12]='Approximately 6 million American adults ages 18 and older, or about 2.7 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have panic disorder. NIMH'
anxiety_stat[13]='Panic disorder typically develops in early adulthood (median age of onset is 24), but the age of onset extends throughout adulthood. NIMH'
anxiety_stat[14]='About one in three people with panic disorder develops agoraphobia, a condition in which the individual becomes afraid of being in any place or situation where escape might be difficult or help unavailable in the event of a panic attack. NIMH'
anxiety_stat[15]='Approximately 2.2 million American adults age 18 and older, or about 1.0 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have OCD. NIMH]'
anxiety_stat[16]='The first symptoms of OCD often begin during childhood or adolescence; however, the median age of onset is 19. NIMH'
anxiety_stat[17]='Approximately 7.7 million American adults age 18 and older, or about 3.5 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have PTSD. NIMH'
anxiety_stat[18]='PTSD can develop at any age, including childhood, but research shows that the median age of onset is 23 years. NIMH'
anxiety_stat[19]='Approximately 6.8 million American adults, or about 3.1 percent of people age 18 and over, have GAD in a given year. NIMH'
anxiety_stat[20]='GAD can begin across the life cycle, though the median age of onset is 31. NIMH'
anxiety_stat[21]='Approximately 15 million American adults age 18 and over, or about 6.8 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have social phobia. NIMH'
anxiety_stat[22]='Social phobia begins in childhood or adolescence, typically around 13 years of age. NIMH'
anxiety_stat[23]='ADHD, one of the most common mental disorders in children and adolescents, also affects an estimated 4.1 percent of adults, ages 18 to 44, in a given year. NIMH'
anxiety_stat[24]='ADHD usually becomes evident in preschool or early elementary years. The median age of onset of ADHD is seven years, although the disorder can persist into adolescence and occasionally into adulthood. NIMH'
var foo=Math.floor(Math.random()*anxiety_stat.length)
if (foo==0)
foo=1
document.write(anxiety_stat[foo])
}
//Random Schizophrenia Statistics
function random_schizo_stat(){
var schizo_stat=new Array()
schizo_stat[1]='Schizophrenia affects more than two million Americans every year. SAMHSA'
schizo_stat[2]='Number of ambulatory care visits for schizophrenia and other psychoses: 8.5 million. CDC'
schizo_stat[3]='Approximately 2.4 million American adults, or about 1.1 percent of the population age 18 and older in a given year, have schizophrenia. NIMH'
schizo_stat[4]='Schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency. NIMH'
schizo_stat[5]='Schizophrenia often first appears in men in their late teens or early twenties. In contrast, women are generally affected in their twenties or early thirties. NIMH'
var foo=Math.floor(Math.random()*schizo_stat.length)
if (foo==0)
foo=1
document.write(schizo_stat[foo])
}
//Random Bipolar Statistics
function random_bipolar_stat(){
var bipolar_stat=new Array()
bipolar_stat[1]='Approximately 20.9 million American adults, or about 9.5 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year, have a mood disorder. NIMH'
bipolar_stat[2]='The median age of onset for mood disorders is 30 years. NIMH'
bipolar_stat[3]='Bipolar disorder affects approximately 5.7 million American adults, or about 2.6 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year. NIMH'
bipolar_stat[4]='The median age of onset for bipolar disorders is 25 years. NIMH'
var foo=Math.floor(Math.random()*bipolar_stat.length)
if (foo==0)
foo=1
document.write(bipolar_stat[foo])
}
//Random True Stories
function random_stories(){
var random_story=new Array()
random_story[1]='Bill Schneider\'s Story
I grew up in a normal family, and I was a bright kid—I.Q. of 140, a straight-A student. But while I was in college, my concentration began to disappear. I began to hear voices telling me that I was nobody, that I was never going to make it in life.
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Celinda Jungheim\'s Story
When I was committed to Camarillo State Mental Hospital in California for yet another suicide attempt, after rotating in and out of both private and state hospitals ... I certainly felt hopeless and thought there was no life for me.
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Dave Shaver\'s Story
When I think about my life today, I think about Johnny Nash\'s lyrics, "I can see clearly now, the rain has gone," because ten years ago, my life was stormy.
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Deanne\'s Story
I am in recovery from mental illness, and I believe that giving back to my community has helped me tremendously in the recovery process.
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Elvira E. Sears\'s Story
I thought my life was just beginning. I\'d finished college a few years earlier and was working on a research project. Then, symptoms started appearing, and my life came to a standstill.
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Frank Scassellati\'s Story
I have had a mental illness since childhood, in the early 1960s, but I received no treatment for it due to a lack of mental health services for children and adolescents in my area.
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Jacquelin\'s Story
In the spring of 1998, my world came crashing down. I lost my home, my job, my car, my mind, and almost my life.
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Jan Anastasato\'s Story
In high school, drawing the shades and listening to Rachmaninoff\'s Isle of the Dead on occasion could have been the beginning of depression or just teen angst.
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Jen Wand\'s Story
To look at my life now, you\'d never guess what was in my past. I graduated from Boston University with a grade point average of 3.8, lived in Japan for a year, and am now working with a public relations firm in the nation\'s capital. But the truth is, I nearly didn\'t graduate from high school.
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Jeffrey Ryan\'s Story
I was raised in Long Island, New York. I was a relatively active kid, and I had difficulty sitting still in school—I was bored and did much better with hands-on learning. When I was in my early teens, I started to hear a voice giving me commands.
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Lynn\'s Story
In my teen years, I had some anger issues but never identified them as mental health problems. The turning point for me was toward the end of an unhealthy relationship, when a door was locked in my face and I decided to put a fist through it.
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Mitch\'s Story
At age 22, I had my first bout of depression. I didn\'t know what triggered it, and I struggled through it on my own. After the third episode, I went to a psychiatrist and was put on medication.
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Alice Tsai\'s Story
As a Chinese-American, I have always been a high achiever. However, when I graduated from college and had not gotten into medical school or gotten a full-time job, I felt like a failure. I returned to my parents\' home to work at the neighborhood Walgreens.
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Victoria Molta\'s Story
I have lived with a severe mental illness, schizoaffective disorder, for over 20 years. It began in college with depression, psychosis, and anxiety that were triggered by the stress of studies and an abusive boyfriend.
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Randolph C. Hack\'s Story
I began having problems when I was in high school. My father was in the Army, and we moved around a lot. I was the victim of cruel teasing and harassment, and I did not go to my junior or senior prom. My mother took me to see an Army psychiatrist in 1962, and he knew there was something wrong but, in those days, there was little they could do to help.
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Sam Harris\'s Story
At the age of 14, I started having serious hallucinations and blackouts. I\'m half African American and half Native American, and I didn\'t try to get help because, in both communities, they called that "going to the white man." But I became an outcast, because my symptoms got so bad that none of my friends wanted to have anything to do with me.
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Karin Heck\'s Story
At the age of 21 I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. This was after many years of drinking myself into oblivion to manage the symptoms. After my diagnosis, my family disowned me. They felt that my coming out as having bipolar disorder tarnished the family name.
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Adrienne Young\'s Story
I am 27 years old and the mother of a beautiful five-year-old son. I am a daughter, a sister, and a board member of my neighborhood association. I am the executive director of a non-profit organization. I also have been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, personality disorder, severe reoccurring depression, and anxiety.
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Want to talk to someone who knows what it\'s like to live with a mental health problem or have a friend living with a mental health problem? Visit the 2gether forums, an anonymous place to chat and share experiences and ways to help.
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Want to talk to someone who knows what it\'s like to live with a mental health problem or have a friend living with a mental health problem? Visit the 2gether forums, an anonymous place to chat and share experiences and ways to help.
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var foo=Math.floor(Math.random()*threecol_photo.length)
if (foo==0)
foo=1
document.write(threecol_photo[foo])
}
//Random 2Column Photo
function random_2col_photo(){
var twocol_photo=new Array()
twocol_photo[1]='
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twocol_photo[2]='
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var foo=Math.floor(Math.random()*twocol_photo.length)
if (foo==0)
foo=1
document.write(twocol_photo[foo])
}