Resource Types: Report

This NCHS Data Brief examines both depression and depressive symptom severity in the past two weeks from a symptom-based questionnaire by demographic characteristics, functioning difficulties, and recent contact with a mental health professional.

This report presents six key areas and strategies for creating mentally healthy workplaces and includes a review of the literature on what constitutes a mentally healthy workplace.

This first of its kind WHO report aims to increase awareness of the public health significance of suicide and suicide attempts, to make suicide prevention a higher priority on the global public health agenda, and to encourage and support countries to develop or strengthen comprehensive suicide prevention strategies in a multi-sectoral public health approach. The report provides a global knowledge base on suicide and suicide attempts as well as actionable steps for countries based on their current resources and context to move forward in suicide prevention

This report presents results pertaining to mental health from the 2013 NSDUH, an annual survey of the civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States aged 12 years old or older. Estimates presented include percentages and numbers of persons with any mental illness, serious mental illness, suicidal thoughts and behavior, major depressive episode (MDE), treatment for depression, mental health service utilization and co-occurrence of mental disorders, including suicidal thought and behavior, with substance use.  Variables include race/ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status and age.

In response to the elevated rate of suicide among U.S. service members, a congressionally mandated task force recommended that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) create a unified, comprehensive strategic plan for suicide prevention research to ensure that DoD-funded studies align with DoD’s goals. To help meet this objective, a RAND study cataloged the research funded by DoD and other entities that is directly relevant to military personnel, examined the extent to which current research maps to DoD’s strategic research needs, and provided recommendations to ensure that proposed research strategies align with the national research strategy and integrate with DoD’s data collection and program evaluation strategies. The study found that although DoD is one of the largest U.S. funders of research related to suicide prevention, its current funding priorities do not consistently reflect its research needs.

This 2014 report includes updated data from the Wisconsin Violent Death Reporting System (WVDRS), inpatient hospitalization records and emergency department records in order to examine the extent of suicide deaths and attempts in Wisconsin 2007-2011.  In addition, the results of the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey and 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Survey provide insight into the prevalence of suicidal thoughts, behaviors and associated risk factors among Wisconsin teens and adults. The report includes data representing Wisconsin residents above the age of 10.

These evaluation reports describe before and after survey results among K-12 staff and campus faculty & students for the At-Risk gatekeeper trainings including those on veteran and LGBTQ populations.

This report represents the last and most comprehensive in a 25 year long series reporting on national leading indicators of the prevalence of mental health disorders and the use and financing of treatment in the United States. It provides national and state-level statistics and trends on both private and public sector mental health and substance use services, costs and clients and addresses the needs of children, military personnel, nursing home residents, and prison inmates. Although the statistics are dated, the format and detailed coverage can serve as model for future data reports.