The Huffington Post lists the” 5 Distressing Realities About the State of Mental Health Care in America” as:

1. Suicide rates are on the rise.

2. The media is inaccurately representing mental illness and violence.

3. Mental health disorders are the costliest health condition in America.

4. Doctors don’t take mental illness as seriously as they should.

5. Mental health has not been given its due during the election cycle.