Schizophrenia cost the US an extra $155.7 billion in 2013, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. This economic burden far exceeds a 2002 estimate, with the bulk due to indirect costs, including loss of productivity due to unemployment or caregiving. This finding signals a need for therapies that ameliorate cognition or otherwise help functioning in people with schizophrenia.
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Michele Solis 
Schizophrenia cost the US an extra $155.7 billion in 2013, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. This economic burden far exceeds a 2002 estimate, with the bulk due to indirect costs, including loss of productivity due to unemployment or caregiving. This finding signals a need for therapies that ameliorate cognition or otherwise help functioning in people with schizophrenia.
Read this story at Schizophrenia Research Forum.
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