Mapping The Mental Health Market: 45 Million Adults With Mental Health Issues & $113 Billion In Annual Spending

In 2005, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) estimated that national spending on mental health treatment totaled $113 billion. Of that total, public payers accounted for the majority (59%) of the total spending at $66 billion, while private payers accounted for the remaining $47 billion (42%). Medicaid was the single largest payer for all mental health treatment with 28% of the total expenditures; other state, federal, and local funds accounted for 31%; private insurance paid for 27%; and out . . .