未经治疗的精神疾病费用每年达顿30B美元;新的青年精神病中心开业,尽管医院计划停滞不前。 Untreated mental illness costs Dayton $30B yearly; new youth psychiatric center opens despite stalled hospital plan.

一项新的研究揭示了大代顿地区每年300亿美元的未经治疗的精神疾病费用,心理健康问题减少10%,可能会使经济增加12.7亿美元以上。 A new study reveals untreated mental illness costs the Greater Dayton region $30 billion annually, with a 10% reduction in mental health issues potentially boosting the economy by over $1.27 billion. 尽管在供应商因财政问题而撤出后,蒙哥马利州一家216张床位的精神病院的计划陷入停顿,但代顿儿童1亿1千万美元的Mathile中心的开张工作继续取得进展,该中心为青年增加了一倍的住院精神病床位,并扩大了整个区域的心理健康服务。 Despite a stalled plan for a 216-bed mental health hospital in Montgomery County after the provider withdrew due to financial concerns, progress continues with the opening of Dayton Children’s $110 million Mathile Center, which doubled inpatient psychiatric beds for youth and expanded mental health services across the region.