The three significant features of our paper are (1) that it includes a measure of the burden of those with undiagnosed mental illness, (2) that the measures are based on the concept of excess costs and losses in outcomes that are attributable to mental illness, not simply measures of gross costs and losses, and (3) that it includes costs for all health services, not just those for mental health.
En se fondant sur les données de l’étude de Santé Canada de 1997 ainsi que sur certaines questions portant sur la détresse et la dépression posées dans le cadre de l’Enquête nationale sur la santé de la population (ENSP) de 1996 à 1997, Stephens et Joubert(5) ont chiffré à 6,3