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In the 2011 - 2012 two-year period, 18.2% of U.S. adults experienced some sort of mental illness; the national rate of serious mental illness was 4.0%. Source: "State Estimates of Adult Mental Illness from the 2011 and 2012 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health," The NSDUH (National Survey on Drug Use and Health) Report, SAMHSA (The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), February 28, 2014, http://www.samhsa.gov/data/2k14/NSDUH170/sr170-mental-illness-state-estimates-2014.htm