According to the 2020 State of Mental Health in America, Louisiana has the following rankings when it comes to mental health:
Category
LA Rank
%
Prevalence of Mental Illness
9th
N/A
Adults Prevalence of any Mental Illness
34th
20.63%
Adult with Substance abuse disorder in the past year
35th
8.69%
Adults with a mental illness that did not receive treatment
45th
62%
Youth with at least 1 Major Depression Event in the past year
2nd
10.76%
Youth with Substance use disorder in the past year
15th
3.8%
Youth with major depression event who did not receive services
11th
52.7%
Prevalence
20.6% of U.S. adults experienced mental illness in 2019 (51.5 million people)
5.2% of U.S. adults experienced serious mental illness in 2019 (13.1 million people)
16.5% of U.S. youth aged 6-17 experienced a mental health disorder in 2016 (7.7 million people)
3.8% of U.S. adults experienced a co-occurring substance use disorder and mental illness in 2019 (9.5 million people)
44.8% of U.S. adults with mental illness received treatment in 2019
65.5% of U.S. adults with serious mental illness received treatment in 2019