Claim: "States have cumulatively cut over $1.8 billion from their mental health services between 2009 and 2011. This is the largest reduction in state mental health services in half a century."
Fact-check: Rep. Marcy Kaptur says states have slashed funding for mental health services
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Sabrina Eaton
Date published: 2013-02-01T00:00:00