Why does mental health seem to be a low priority in America if a lot of mental health problems are major causes of worldwide disability? Mental health has always been a secondary health consideration even in high-income countries (Bolton, 2014). National health policies in most countries clearly subordinate it to physical health. Here in the United States, health insurance companies historically have provided less (or no) mental health service coverage, and government-supported mental health services receive a small fraction of the resources allocated to physical health services (Bolton, 2014). In countries that are considered low to middle class, mental health subordination has been more tremendous compared to physical health in most cases.
