- While insurance coverage is often considered the best form of payment, that is not the standard of payment everywhere 
- Globally, the most common way of paying is through taxation (about 60%)
 - More than 1/3rd of the countries relied on out of pocket payments - this is a much greater individual economic burden

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- Individually, having a mental health disability affects a person’s ability to work, earn an income, and causes great physical and emotional strain (especially if the mental disorder is a secondary disability) 
- Socially, the cost of having entire groups of people be marginalized and oppressed economically and socially is high - especially in regards to reliance on long - term care and treatment
- Research shows that resources pooled towards encouraging employment and decreasing absenteeism might be more effective than other avenues of aid (decreases competition between providers and performance assessments) 

Social vs. Individual Cost

Drake, R. E., Bond, G. R., Thornicroft, G., Knapp, M., &amp; Goldman, H. H. (2011). Mental Health Disability: An International Perspective. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 23(2), 110–120. https://doi.org/10.1177/1044207311427403 

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