Why Mental Health?
Mental health impacts everyone. All social classes, all races, all professions, all genders. One in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year.
One in 20 U.S. adults experience serious mental illness each year. One in 6 U.S. youth aged 6-17 experience a mental health disorder each year. By age 14, 50% of all lifetime mental illness begins; and 75% by age 24. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among people aged 10-34. *Sourced from National Alliance on Mental Illness 2022
Stigma is a problem that prevents policymakers from crafting laws free of discrimination and stops health care workers and first responders from providing the best possible care. Stigma keeps people from seeking the treatment they need, robs them of their joy in life, their well-being, and worst case, results in ultimate harm.
Our goal is to pose a grand challenge to our friends, family, employers, health care providers and governments to end the stigma around mental health and substance-use disorders to establish true well-being.
OUR PARTNERS IN STOPPING STIGMA
Join the fight to eliminate stigma
Watch this video to see some of our partners and learn why they joined the grand challenge.
Goals of The Grand Challenge
Develop a strategy to eliminate stigma from all sectors of society: families, schools, religious institutions, media, communities, businesses and government organizations, including:
Establishing metrics and sustainable funding models
Building infrastructure to coordinate and communicate evidence-based best practices
Creating outreach plans to connect to hard-to-reach and underserved communities and populations
Hosting pilot projects and gathering evidence to identify new success models
Stop Stigma Together Design Summit
Oct. 9-11, 2022
Snowbird, Utah
National Steering Committee
Director, Carter Center Mental Health Program
Chief of Science Policy, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Director, Center for Mental Health Services United States, Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
CEO, National Alliance on Mental Illness
Founder CEO, Visionary Leadership
President Emeritus, Association of American Medical Colleges
L.S. Skaggs Presidential Chair of Business Ethics, University of Utah
Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director, American Psychiatric Association (APA)
Executive Director, Rural Behavioral Health Institute
CEO, The JED Foundation
Vice President, Mission Engagement American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Founder and CEO, Shatterproof
CEO, Huntsman Mental Health Institute
Chief of Professional Practice, American Psychological Association
Chief Executive Administrator for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Huntsman Mental Health Institute
Trustee, Black Psychiatrists of America
