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Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Major mental disorders cost the nation at least $193 billion annually in lost earnings alone, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Healthâs National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The study was published in the May 2008 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) reports that there is a âdefinite connection between mental illness and the use of addictive substancesâ and that mental health disorder patients are responsible for the consumption of: 1  38 percent of alcohol. 2  44 percent of cocaine. 3  40 percent of cigarettes.