NC Mental Health Spending: from <$1 bil in 2006 to $1.53 bil in 2007

Take a look at the "Print Graphics" on the N&O Website. They have one graphic showing that total MH spending in NC went from under $1 billion in 2006 to $1.53 billion in 2007. So we ARE spending the hundreds of millions of dollars that, if spent wisely, could get us out of this mess!

There's another graphic showing that government auditors found that only 11.4% of recipients got clinically necessary treatment in the right amount. 36.1% got clinically unnecessary treatment. 52.5% got clinically necessary treatment, but inappropriate duration or intensity.