A Bill For An Act  

September 05, 2005 A Bill For An ActIt is estimated that the most serious and disabling mental health conditions affect five to ten million adults and three to five million children in the United States. The consequences of mental illness for an individual and society are staggering. It can result in unnecessary disability, unemployment, substance abuse, homelessness, incarceration, and suicide. It is estimated that the economic cost of untreated mental illness in the United States exceeds one billion dollars each year. According to the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, mental illnesses are treatable. Mental illnesses are biologically based brain . . .