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There are now about 800,000 such patients in this nation's institutionsâ600,000 for mental illness and over 200,000 for mental retardation. Every year nearly 1,500,000 people receive treatment in institutions for the mentally ill and mentally retarded.
In 2008, according to the NSDUH, there were 10.6 million adults aged 18 and older (4.7 percent of the population) who reported an unmet need for mental health care. This figure includes 5.1 million who did not receive any mental health care during the past year.