Counting the cost of childhood mental-health problems

Mental illness is the most expensive childhood condition in the U.S. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that it cost $8.9bn to treat in 2006. An estimated 4.6million children were treated in 2006 at an average cost of $1,931 per child.

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