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Return on Investment
Average community mental health service $12/day vs. average Emergency Emergency
Room visit $986
Average cost of jailing a person with serious mental illness $137 $137
per day
vs. $45 & a longer length of stay of 80 days
Crisis Respite bed cost $100/day vs. Hospital bed cost $640
Competency Restoration Program on outpatient basis = $140 vs. in an
inpatient State Hospital setting = $401
Every 14 minutes, a person dies by suicide; 38,000 per year; 3 rd leading
cause of death in 15-24 15 24 year olds
Persons with mental illness die 20 years before those without a diagnosis
Recent tragedy in Connecticut highlights need for early identification identification
of
persons with mental health issues and secure appropriate treatment treatment
and
services