Nyakanga ni ukwezi kwahariwe ubuzima bwo mu mutwe. Ryashinzwe mu mwaka wa 2008, rizwi kandi ku kwezi kwahariwe ubukangurambaga bw’ubuzima bwo mu mutwe bwa Bebe Moore Campbell ku rwego rw’igihugu kandi rufasha mu gukangurira abaturage kumenya ibitutsi byangiza n’ubudasa mu kwita ku buzima bwo mu mutwe bw’abato ndetse n’abaturage batishoboye.
Bebe Moore Campbell yari umwanditsi, umwunganira, umuvugizi w’igihugu, akaba ari nawe washinze umuryango w’igihugu cy’uburwayi bwo mu mutwe (NAMI) Urban Los Angeles. Yasabye gutanga inyigisho z’ubuzima bwo mu mutwe no guteza imbere ubuvuzi bwo mu mutwe ku bantu bafite ibara. Igihe Campbell yitabye Imana mu 2006, inshuti ye magara, Linda Warton-Boyd ari kumwe n'incuti n'inshuti, barwaniye kumenyekanisha ukwezi kwahariwe ubuzima bwo mu mutwe.
Ibibazo by'ubuzima bwo mu mutwe bigira ingaruka ku bantu bose. Ariko, ubwoko, umuco, ubwoko, hamwe nicyerekezo cyimibonano mpuzabitsina birashobora gutuma ubuvuzi bwo mumutwe bugorana. Inzitizi zirimo kutagira ubwisungane mu kwivuza, ubuvuzi buke, ubuvuzi bw’indwara zo mu mutwe, kutabona uburyo bwo kwivuza, no kuvangura aho bivuriza amazina make.
Nk’uko Ubuyobozi bushinzwe serivisi zita ku buzima bwo mu mutwe (SAMHSA):
- Muri 2017, 41.5% y'urubyiruko rufite imyaka 12-17 yitaye ku gice gikomeye cyo kwiheba, ariko 35.1% gusa y'urubyiruko rw'abirabura na 32.7% y'urubyiruko rwo muri Hisipaniya ni bo bavuwe kubera ubuzima bwabo.
- Abakuze b'Abanyamerika bakuze ntibakunze gukoresha serivisi z'ubuzima bwo mu mutwe kurusha ayandi moko.
- Muri 2017, 13.3% y'urubyiruko rufite imyaka 12-17 yagize byibuze igice kimwe cyo kwiheba, ariko iyo mibare yari myinshi mu rubyiruko rwo muri Amerika rwo muri Amerika na Alaska kavukire kuri 16.3% no mu rubyiruko rwo muri Hisipaniya kuri 13.8%.
- Muri 2017, 18.9% y'abantu bakuru (miliyoni 46,6 z'abantu) bari bafite uburwayi bwo mu mutwe. Icyo gipimo cyari hejuru mu bantu b'amoko abiri cyangwa menshi kuri 28.6%, abazungu batari Hisipaniya kuri 20.4% na Kavukire ya Hawai na Pasifika kuri 19.4%.
Hano hari ibikoresho bike byingirakamaro gushakisha serivisi zubuzima bwo mu mutwe ningamba zubuzima zihariye Abirabura.
Sura ibikoresho bikurikira kugirango umenye byinshi ukwezi kwahariwe ubuzima bwo mu mutwe:
Ihuriro ry’igihugu ku burwayi bwo mu mutwe