1) 11-35% of all general medical visits are by patients with diagnosable mental disorders.

2) Individuals who are depressed function similarly to those with end stage heart disease

3) Those with mental health disorders use outpatient medical resources at 2-3 times the rate as the overall population, and 10 times that of the inpatient population

4) A two year study in Hawaii showed that providing the elderly with mental health services reduced inpatient costs by ~70%, all costs by 38%