Mental Disorders Cost Nation $193 Billion

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  1. [...] Short and Long Term Memory Improvement wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt The cost of mental illness is only sure to rise. Major mental disorders cost the nation at least $193 billion annually in lost earnings alone, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The study was published in the May 2008 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. “The results of this study confirm the belief that mental disorders contribute to enormous losses of human productivity,” said Kessler. “Yet this [...]

  2. [...] Online Store for Discounted Books. wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt The cost of mental illness is only sure to rise. Major mental disorders cost the nation at least $193 billion annually in lost earnings alone, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The study was published in the May 2008 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. “The results of this study confirm the belief that mental disorders contribute to enormous losses of human productivity,” said Kessler. “Yet this [...]

  3. Kate McLaughlin on

    Interesting material here. I invite you to my website:
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