The National Association of State Mental Health Directors Research Institute conducted a survey of the impact of budget shortfalls on state spending for mental health. The report indicates severe cuts in all but three states amounting to $1.82 billion between 2009 and 2011. To read more about threats to services and programs, including crisis intervention, staffing reductions, loss of acute beds for children and adults. Read more from The Impact of the State Fiscal Crisis on the Public Mental Health System.
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