Mental Health in America: Test Your Awareness with This Quiz

ANSWER: f) 2 or more races/ethnicities

In 2022, 35.2% of U.S. adults who identified as two or more races/ethnicities reported a mental illness in the previous year.

Comparatively, 24.6% of Caucasian adults reported a mental illness, followed by 21.4% of Hispanic or Latino adults, 19.7% of Black or African American adults, 19.6% of American Indian/Alaskan Native adults, and 16.8% of Asian adults.

Furthermore, African Americans and Hispanic Americans use mental health services at about one-half the rate of Caucasian Americans; Asian Americans use it at about one-third of the rate.

(Source: National Institute of Mental Health)