Nearly everyAmerican knows of someone living with a mental health condition,whether a friend, a family member or their own experience. One infive American adults has experienced a mental illness in the last year, and half of all Americans willexperience a mental health condition in their lifetime. But nearly60 percent of those currently living with these conditions go untreated.

While many of usare familiar with the emotional toll of mental health conditions,especially when they go untreated, the financial toll is alsostaggering — for both individuals and those they rely on for healthcare.

About half of all Americans still get theirhealth insurance through their employer, and companies are wakingup to the costs of mental health conditions — both treated anduntreated. Depression alone is responsible for $44 billion annually in lost productivity. According tothe federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health ServicesAdministration, mental health treatment costs are $100 billionannually, accounting for 6.4 percent of the $1.6 trillion spentannually on health care in the United States.