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A Scarcity of Treatment and Support
Too Few People Are Getting the Care They Need to Get Better.
Would we be willing to only treat half of the people who have cancer? Or tell someone having a heart attack that he or she to wait for days or weeks to get treatment? Would we limit treatment for people with diabetes to six weeks? Sadly, for many people with mental illness, those are the experiences they face.

56% of adults in Washington State who have mental illness do not receive treatment.

46% of children in Washington State needed but did not get mental health services.
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