• More than half of people with bipolar disorder type I (with severe mania) have a co occurring substance use disorder.
• Although available therapies alleviate symptoms in over 80 percent of those treated, less than half of people with depression get the help they need.
• More than half of people with bipolar disorder type I (with severe mania) have a co occurring substance use disorder.
• Genetics research indicates that risk for depression results from the influence of multiple genes acting together with environmental or other nongenetic factors.
• In 2002, suicide was the third leading cause of death among young males, age 15 to 24.

MyLastSigh posted a photo:

I woke up twice in the middle of the night; at 2 and at 4. My chest felt constricted, as if there was a towel inside me being twisted and twisted tight. My heart is fine. It seems I had an anxiety attack. But it was rather frightening.