Mental Health

Ten percent of Oklahomans have a serious mental illness

Published in Mental Health Weekly Digest, May 3rd, 2004

One in 10 Oklahomans have a serious mental illness, the highest rate in the nation, according to a study by a federal agency.

The study by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services using the latest national data, from 2001, showed that 10.36% of Oklahoma's population had serious mental illness, State Mental Health Commissioner Terry Cline said April 12, 2004.

Most states with high rates of serious mental illness in the 18 or older population were in the South: Oklahoma, Kentucky, Georgia, West Virginia, Arkansas and Louisiana.

"Considering we are 46th in the nation for public health, this is not surprising," Cline...

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Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2004-05-03)

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