U.S. spends $9 billion on child mental illness

This is an excerpt from an article written by Maggie Fox, originally published on Reuters.com on April 22, 2009:

"Treating depression and other mental disorders in U.S. children cost $8.9 billion in 2006, making mental illness the most expensive condition to treat in childhood, U.S. government researchers reported on Wednesday.

An estimated 4.6 million children were treated for mental disorders in 2006 at an average cost of $1,931 per child, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported."

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