... to illness (43.2 %) and with premature death (8.1 %) (SAMHSA, 2001). Morbidity Costs include lost or reduced productivity, and is measured by the estimated lifetime effect on current income. Mortality Costs are discounted (at 6%) lifetime productivity losses for people who died as a result of a mental disorder. The cost is the number of deaths multiplied by the expected value of future earnings, with gender ... ...

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... psychotherapy and medication are options. More and more, doctors are realizing that chemical imbalances often account for mental illness, but at the same time, the importance of psychotherapy cannot be discounted. If an adolescent's depression is caused, wholly or in part, by psychological factors, medication may relieve the depression, but the underlying cause will not be cured by medication alone ("Children ... ...

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