By Eve Herold – Upworthy.com –
November 01, 2019 –
Mental illness is a dark undercurrent in the lives of tens of millions of Americans. According to the World Health Organization, about 450 million people worldwide have a mental health disorder, which cut across all demographics, cultures, and socioeconomic classes.
The U.S. National Institute on Mental Health estimates that severely debilitating mental health disorders cost the U.S. more than $300 billion per year, and that’s not even counting the human toll of broken lives, devastated families, and a health care system stretched to the limit.