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Facts About Mental Illness   There are more than 91,000 people with serious mental problems in Nebraska. 23,000 of those are children under the age of 17 – 5% of our youth. One out of five children in Nebraska are affected by mental health problems –   their own or their parents’. Two-thirds are not getting the help they need. Suicide is the third leading cause of death in Nebraska for young people   between ages 8 and 24.     Links to more information about mental illness. National Mental Health Statistics National Institute of Mental Health Defining Mental Illness The Mayo Clinic Mental Health Information Center US Dept. of Health and Human Services Overview of Mental Illness The U.S. Surgeon General Basics of Mental Illness National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Quick Guide - outline of disorders WebMD and The Cleveland Clinic Overview of Mental Illness National Institute on Mental Health Mental Illness Basics WebMD Fact Sheets on Mental Illness National Mental Health Association Causes of Mental Illness WebMD Overview of Mental Health The Mayo Clinic Mental Health Information MedLine Plus     Facts About Mental Illness National Statistics on Mental Health Centers for Disease Control What Causes Mental Illness? WebMD and The Cleveland Clinic Mental Illness and the Brain WebMD and The Cleveland Clinic