Mental health funding to rise by at least £2bn a year by 2023-24, chancellor announces

If all PMs and health policy strategists were informed on staggering costs of disregarding mental healthcare, things would be different.
The annual Global Economic Burden of mental illnesses was $2.5 trillion in 2010, and is projected to become $6 trillion by 2030. [5-table 13][4][6][7]
In comparison, the total cost of all new cases of cancer worldwide in 2030 will only rise to $458 billion. [5-page 35-Box 11]
The total cost of all diabetes cases worldwide in 2030 will only rise to $745 billion. [5-page 35-Box 11]
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[4] http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(16)30024-4/fulltext
[5] http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s18806en/s18806en.pdf
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Harvard_HE_GlobalEconomicBurdenNonCommu...
[6] http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d6370
[7] http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/210/2/119