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Congressional Roundtable Exposes Mental Health Crisis: More Spending and Treatment, Worse Results – CCHR Demands Accountability
Testimony cited a 241% spending increase since 2000 as treatment use rose 122% and depression and suicide rates worsened.
- The U.S. House Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services recently held a roundtable examining America's mental health crisis, revealing that while nearly 60 million adults now receive treatment, patient outcomes continue to decline significantly.
- Subcommittee Chairman Glenn Grothman noted that spending on mental health and substance abuse treatment skyrocketed more than 241% from $40.9 billion in 2000 to $139.6 billion in 2021, yet results remain poor.
- Dr. David Hyman, adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, described mental health as a "fraud-laced industry," citing former Inspector General Richard Kusserow's finding that psychiatrists and psychologists "have the worst fraud record of all medical disciplines."
- Antidepressant prescriptions for individuals aged 12 to 25 rose more than 63% between 2016 and 2022, while 57% of teen girls reported persistent sadness or hopelessness in 2021, up from 36% a decade earlier.
- Jan Eastgate, President of CCHR International, concluded that unless results are rigorously measured and held accountable, abusive practices will persist. She noted approximately 1.2 million people are involuntarily hospitalized annually for psychiatric treatment.
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Despite 241% Spending Surge and Record Treatment Numbers, U.S. Mental Health Outcomes Continue to Deteriorate, Congressional RoundTable and CCHR Warns
LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 6, 2026 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The U.S. House Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services recently held a roundtable examining the state of mental health in America, revealing a troubling paradox: more Americans are receiving treatment…
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