University of Wisconsin–Madison

Mental Health and the Role of the States

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2015
Level State
State(s) All States
Policy Areas Children & Families, Civil Rights, Economic Justice, Education, Health, Housing, Public Safety
Millions of Americans have one or more forms of mental illness. These conditions have wide-ranging health, economic, and social consequences. For example, mental illness is a major factor in homelessness and incarceration. And serious mental illness - defined as a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder that causes significant functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities - costs the country about $200 billion in lost earnings annually.

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