Mental health funding takes huge hit in state budgets

Sunday, November 13, 2011 | 12:01 a.m. CST; updated 2:56 p.m. CST, Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Modest increases in some states' mental health budgets have done little to erase massive cuts nationwide in the past three years and a reduction in Medicaid funds, according to a report to be released Thursday by the nation's largest mental health advocacy group.

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