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4 sourced facts about psychology and mental health, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.

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The basics

In what year did Wilhelm Wundt found the world's first psychology research laboratory?

Answer1879

Wundt's lab in Leipzig, Germany is widely considered the birthplace of experimental psychology.

Source: Wikipedia, History of psychology (2024) en.wikipedia.org

Going deeper

Of U.S. adults with any mental illness in 2022, about what share received treatment that year?

Answerabout 50.6%

Just over half of adults with a mental illness got treatment, meaning nearly as many did not.

Source: National Institute of Mental Health (2022) nimh.nih.gov

About how many people attended the founding meeting of the American Psychological Association in 1892?

Answerabout 30

The APA started as a small gathering of psychologists and philosophers and has since grown to over 100,000 members.

Source: Wikipedia, History of psychology (2024) en.wikipedia.org

Expert level

Of adults with a serious mental illness, about what share received treatment in 2022?

Answerabout 66.7%

Treatment rates were higher for serious mental illness than for mental illness overall.

Source: National Institute of Mental Health (2022) nimh.nih.gov

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