Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experience mental illness every year. See how breakthroughs are helping improve the odds.
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Breaking Through Depression
The latest treatments for mental illness are helping patients live more fulfilling lives.
Improving Access to Treatment: Peggy Symons
Peggy Symons lives every single day advocating for more and better access to medications, not only for herself but for everyone living with schizophrenia and their families.
Fighting for Reform: The Honorable Steven Leifman
The Honorable Steven Leifman worked to transform the criminal justice system of Florida to better help - not hinder - the treatment of mental health inmates in Southern Florida.
Innovations in Mental Health
Nearly one in five American adults experience some form of mental illness in any given year. America's biopharmaceutical companies are working to develop medicines that help reduce these diseases into manageable conditions.
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Researcher Profile: Carla Canuso
Carla Canuso started her career as a psychiatric nurse working with patients suffering from schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.
Researcher Profile: Wayne Drevets
Dr. Drevets is a scientist at Janssen Research & Development, LLC, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, where he oversees the development of new treatments for mood disorders, such as major depressive disorder, treatment resistant depression and suicidality.
