{"id":15500,"date":"2015-01-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/the-293-billion-elephant-in-the-waiting-room-press-releases-news-print-financial-investing-articles\/"},"modified":"2015-01-29T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T17:00:00","slug":"the-293-billion-elephant-in-the-waiting-room-press-releases-news-print-financial-investing-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/the-293-billion-elephant-in-the-waiting-room-press-releases-news-print-financial-investing-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"The $293 Billion Elephant In The Waiting Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, more than 41 million (18 percent) American adults had some form of mental illness and nearly 20 million (8 percent) had an addiction in 2011. 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