Hyperhidrosis can have devastating effects on social relationships, career
choices and mental well-being. WASHINGTON, The percentage of mental health and
substance abuse services paid for by public sources is increasing, with a
smaller percentage provided by private sources, including private health
insurance.

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But what
if you sweat all the time, regardless of the circumstances?
Nearly 8 million men, women and children in the U. As we continue to
work to improve the community-based services available to people in need, it
is clear the public sector is now the major financial driver.

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According to a recent
survey from the International Hyperhidrosis Society, a majority of people
cited job-related issues as the ones that make them sweat the most .org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.w5.

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Sadly, the survey found that nearly 90% of
people with hyperhidrosis have experienced hurtful reactions from others who
see them sweat. There are many effective treatment options for sweating, including
prescription antiperspirants, Botox injections and a procedure which passes an
electrical current through a water bath.

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Public sources paid for 63 percent of mental health spending in
2001, up from 57 percent in 1991.4 billion in 2001. The report notes that mental health spending on psychiatric
hospitals has decreased, while expenditures for other types of care ,
particularly prescription drugs, have increased. Medicaid paid 27 percent of mental health expenditures in
2001; Medicare paid 7 percent; other federal spending accounted for 5 percent;
other state and local spending 23 percent; private insurance 22 percent; and
other private 16 percent.

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"Mental health and substance abuse treatment services spending accounts
for a sizeable portion of the health care economy, $104 billion out of a total
of $1.

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4 trillion in 2001," SAMHSA Administrator Charles Curie said. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability,
capacity and effectiveness of the nation's substance abuse prevention,
addictions, treatment and mental health service delivery system.

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The report provides data on all national expenditures for mental health
and substance abuse treatment, and does not include indirect costs such as the
impact of mental illness on productivity or societal costs linked to drug-
related crime. Private
spending includes insurance payments, patients paying out of their own pockets
and charity care.3
billion.
The report is available on the web at http://www.

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STORY SUMMARY:
Does your boss make you sweat? You're not alone. One in every five dollars
spent on mental health treatment is now spent for retail psychotropic
prescription drugs (21 percent), up from 7 percent in 1991.

Insurance payments have increased for all health care by 6.samhsa.

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The study, National Expenditures for Mental Health Services and Substance
Abuse Treatment 1991-2001, shows that public spending for mental health
services and substance abuse treatment amounted to $67.healthaffairs. "Two of
the most important developments from 1991 to 2001 are common to both mental
health and substance abuse treatment.
The report notes that Medicaid is now the largest single payer of mental
health services, exceeding private insurance, Medicare, or other state and
local spending.

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9 percent. Spending on psychotropic retail drugs was $18
billion.

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information about coping with excessive sweating, and more.gov.

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Spending on Mental and Substance Use Disorders Concentrated in the Public Sector

3 billion. The data will appear
today in the online edition of Health Affairs at
http://content.

SAMHSA is a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human
Services.

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The report calculates that spending on mental health services totaled
$85.

These groups, communities, or meeting places provide an opportunity for people with a common experience (such as a condition or disease, or a care-giving role) to share their concerns, and to seek and offer information and advice.

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The proportion of
spending by all private sources fell from one third of all substance abuse
treatment spending to one quarter of this spending between 1991 and 2001.

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1 percent annually, declining from 24
percent in 1991 to 13 percent of expenditures in 2001.

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Public spending includes spending by all levels of government,
federal, state and local , and includes Medicaid and Medicare.

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ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES: Video, hard copy requests, contact information and
more available at
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The International Hyperhidrosis Society is launching the "Know Sweat"
campaign to encourage people to see a dermatologist if they feel they sweat
too much.

Visit http: //www. Substance abuse treatment costs amounted to $18.

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Overall, we have seen a decline in
inpatient spending and a shift to publicly financed care.
For substance abuse treatment, the report finds that private insurance
payments fell by an average rate of 1.

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In contrast, private insurance paid for 22 percent of mental health
expenditures in both 1991 and 2001.

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com/broadcast/21165/consumer . This excessive sweating, a medical condition called
hyperhidrosis, can be devastating and all too often goes undiagnosed. The survey found that 83% of people who sweat all the time
don't seek the help of a doctor because they don't understand they have a real
medical condition or don't think anything can be done about it. Payments grew 5.8 percent annually for
mental health care, largely due to payments for prescription medications.

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Public sources paid for 76 percent of
substance abuse treatment in 2001, up from 62 percent in 1991, according to a
new analysis announced today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA).

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4 billion in 2001,
while private spending amounted to only $36. Retail prescription medications in substance abuse amounted only to
$78 million .