According to a newly-published study in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, US healthcare consumers with histories of treatment-resistant depression cost payers almost twice what the average healthcare consumer costs per year. This, researchers noted, was consistent for treatment of both physical and mental health conditions. Likewise, patients with no history of depression cost less than the annual per-consumer average. Would more access to preventative mental health services translate into a reduction in the incidence rate of what is increasingly understood to be an expensive social determinant of health? Yes, say some population health experts.

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