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Idaho Ranks Among Bottom Five States in Mental Health Spending

By Michael Blankenship

On average, a seriously mentally ill person in the USA is three times more likely to be incarcerated than hospitalized, a report concludes today. In no state was a seriously mentally ill person ? someone with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, for example ? less likely to be incarcerated than hospitalized, the report by the National Sheriffs' Association and the Treatment Advocacy Center found. But there were wide variations among states. In North Dakota, a seriously mentally ill person was equally likely to be hospitalized as incarcerated. But in Nevada and Arizona, such a person was nearly 10 times more likely to be jailed than hospitalized. Read more... In Idaho, the odds are 4.6 to 1 that a mentally ill person would be incarcerated instead of being hospitalized...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on May 24, 2010 (boomark / email).