Some mentally ill people don't seek help because they don't realize how sick they are, said H. Clarke Romans, executive director of the local branch of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Studies suggest there are 60,000 to 100,000 seriously mentally ill people in the Tucson area, but fewer than 20,000 are being treated in the public mental-health system, Romans said.
Tucson has a population of about 550,000, so at a minimum 1 out of 9.25 persons has a serious mental problem.
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