Table 11.

Cost of treating mentally ill patients

	Per month (Rs.)
Cost for mental healthcare for an individual
Medication cost per month for an individual suffering from mental illness	300
Traveling cost to meet the mental health professionals	100
Doctors fees (mental health professionals)	100
Total	500
Cost for mental healthcare for the whole country
If we consider the psychiatric prevalence as 200/1000 population (see table 4), then 20 crores of the population require professional help. (Prevalence is 20 crore population X Cost per month per patient is 500 Rs)	10,000 crores