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Question by Evan: I NEED TO KNOW THE MONEY SPENT ON ALCOHOL REHABS YEARLY. RECENT AND RELIABLE PLZ.?
RECENT AND RELIABLE PLZ.

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Answer by raysny
The most recent I could find for the US has the figures for 1997:

“A study shows that the U.S. spent a combined $ 11.9 billion on alcohol and drug abuse treatment, while the total social costs were more than $ 294 billion. The results were part of the National Estimates of Expenditures for Substance Abuse Treatment, 1997, which was released at the end of April by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.

The report, prepared by the MEDSTAT Group for SAMHSA, examines how much is spent in the U.S. to treat alcohol and drug abuse, how that spending has changed between 1987 and 1997, how much of the spending is done by the private and public sectors, and how substance abuse expenditures compare to spending for mental health and other health conditions in the U.S.”
http://www.usmedicine.com/newsDetails.cfm?dailyID=54

In NY:
“States report spending $ 2.5 billion a year on treatment. States did not distinguish whether the treatment was for alcohol, illicit drug abuse or nicotine addiction. Of the $ 2.5 billion total, $ 695 million is spent through the departments of health and $ 633 million through the state substance abuse agencies. We believe that virtually all of these funds are spent on alcohol and illegal drug treatment.”
Source: National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, Shoveling Up: The Impact of Substance Abuse on State Budgets (New York, NY: CASA, Jan. 2001), p. 24.

States Waste Billions Dealing with Consequences of Addiction, CASA Study Says
May 28, 2009

The vast majority of the estimated $ 467.7 billion in substance-abuse related spending by governments on substance-abuse problems went to deal with the consequences of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, not treatment and prevention, according to a new report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.

The report, titled, “Shoveling Up II: The Impact of Substance Abuse on Federal, State and Local Budgets,” found that 95 percent of the $ 373.9 billion spent by the federal government and states went to paying for the societal and personal damage caused by alcohol and other drug use; the calculation included crime, health care costs, child abuse, domestic violence, homelessness and other consequences of tobacco, alcohol and illegal and prescription drug abuse and addiction.

Just 1.9 percent went to treatment and prevention, while 0.4 percent was spent on research, 1.4 percent went towards taxation and regulation, and 0.7 percent went to interdiction.

“Such upside-down-cake public policy is unconscionable,” said Joseph A. Califano, Jr., CASA’s founder and chairman. “It’s past time for this fiscal and human waste to end.”

CASA estimated that the federal government spent $ 238.2 billion on substance-abuse related issues in 2005, while states spent $ 135.8 billion and local governments spent $ 93.8 billion. The report said that 58 percent of spending was for health care and 13.1 percent on justice systems.

Researchers estimated that 11.2 percent of all federal and state government spending went towards alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse and addictions and its consequences. The report said that Connecticut spent the most proportionately on prevention, treatment and research — $ 10.39 of every $ 100 spent on addiction issues — while New Hampshire spent the least — 22 cents.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2009/states-waste-billions-dealing.html

Key Findings

Of the $ 3.3 trillion total federal and state government spending, $ 373.9 billion –11.2 percent, more than one of every ten dollars– was spent on tobacco, alcohol and illegal and prescription drug abuse and addiction and its consequences.

The federal government spent $ 238.2 billion (9.6 percent of its budget) on substance abuse and addiction. If substance abuse and addiction were its own budget category at the federal level, it would rank sixth, behind social security, national defense, income security, Medicare and other health programs including the federal share of Medicaid.

State governments spent $ 135.8 billion (15.7 percent of their budgets) to deal with substance abuse and addiction, up from 13.3 percent in 1998. If substance abuse and addiction were its own state budget category, it would rank second behind spending on elementary and secondary education.

Local governments spent $ 93.8 billion on substance abuse and addiction (9 percent of their budgets), outstripping local spending for transportation and public welfare.¹

For every $ 100 spent by state governments on substance abuse and addiction, the average spent on prevention, treatment and research was $ 2.38; Connecticut spent the most, $ 10.39; New Hampshire spent the least, $ 0.22.

For every dollar the federal and state governments spent on prevention and treatment, they spent $ 59.83 shoveling up the consequences, despite a growing

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Question by JNNY: Where can I find Help for Borderlin Personality Disorder?
I dont know where to begin, the internet seems to have very little information on finding a GOOD BPD mental health professional..

How can I find the right person for me? I live in NYC, so I am lucky there I guess.

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Answer by exotx
You can ask a therapist how much experience they have with the disorder and go from there. If they don’t have much experience, ask them if they can recommend someone. I found a web site called BPD Sanctuary that has a listing of some docs. Here are some but also check out that site for more info about BPD.

New York

@ Jack D. Barchas, M.D. * New York Hospital * Cornell Medical Center * 525 East 68th Street * New York * NY 10021 * 212-746-3770

BPD Resource Center * New York Presbyterian Hospital- Westchester Division * 21 Bloomingdale Road * White Plains, NY 10605 * (914)682-5496 or 1-888-694-2273 website: http://www.bpdresourcecenter.org/

(DBT Trained) * Susan Cappi C.S.W., R.N.,C.S. * 132 East 64 Street, New York, NY 10021 * 212-588-1314

@ Max Fink M.D. * P.O. Box 457 * St James * NY 11780 * 516-862-6651

Allen Frances, M.D. * New York State Psychiatric Institute * Box 17 * 722 West 168th Street * New York, NY 10032 * 212-960-5850

Sharon K. Farber, Ph.D. * 142 Edgars Lane * Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 * (914) 478-1924 * www.Drsharonfarber.com
* also teaches seminar on self-harm at Cape Cod Institute

@ Ivan K. Goldberg, M.D. * 1556 Third Avenue * New York * NY 10128 * 212-876-7800 * Webowner of Depression Central

(DBT Trained) * Perry Hoffman, PhD * 11 Norman Drive * Rye * NY 10580 * 914-698-2785 * [email protected]

Otto Kernberg, M.D. * New York Hospital – Westchester Division * 21 Bloomingdale Road * White Plains, NY * 10605 * 914-949-8384

@ James H. Kocsis, M.D. * New York Hospital * 525 East 68th Street * New York * NY 10021 * 212-821-0723

Long Island DBT Group * 1025 Northern Blvd., Suite 106 * Roslyn, New York, 11576. * (516) 616-3476 * website: http://www.lidbt.com/

James Masterson, M.D. * 60 Sutton Place South * New York, NY 10022 * 212-751-4992

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine * Department of Psychiatry * One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1230 * New York, NY 10029 * 212 – 659-8732 * fax 212-987-4031 * Contact Jennifer Greenberg, Research Coordinator for Borderline Personality Disorder, Compulsive, Impulsive, and Anxiety Disorders Program * website: http://www.mssm.edu/psychiatry/bpd.html * “A screening evaluation and treatment as part of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) medication treatment study is available at no cost for adults ages 18-65. Private consultations (fee for service) with our clinical staff are also available. Please inquire about other currently available programs.”

(DBT Trained & EMDR – Level 2) Liza Papazian, M.S.,CSW * 1025 Northern Blvd. * Suite 106 * Roslyn * NY 11576 * 516-759-1575 * website: www.healingtrauma-ny.com

@ Arthur Rifkin, M.D. * Hillside Hospital * Glen Oaks * NY 11004 * 718-470-8075

Larry J. Siever, M.D. * Department of Psychiatry * Bronx Veterans Administration Medical Center * 130 West Kingsbridge Road * Bronx, NY 10468

Larry Siever, M.D. can also be reached at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine * 718 – 584-9000 X 5225

DBT Trained * Dale Terilli, RT, Rehab Spec * 62 Waller Ave * White Plains, NY * tel -845-624-5740 * [email protected]

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