Mental illness in England cost £50bn in 2007
A King's Fund report into the cost of meeting the mental health needs of the nation has revealed that mental illness in England cost £50bn in 2007.
Northern Ireland has the world's highest recorded rates of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, ahead of war-hit regions such as Israel and Lebanon, at a yearly cost to the public purse of around £175 million, according to a major report by University of Ulster psychologists and Omagh-based trauma treatment experts.