“Mental wasteful expenditure”

“Mental wasteful expenditure” can refer to spending that is psychologically detrimental, such as excessive frugality that lowers one’s standard of living, or it can refer to the broader concept of ineffective mental health spending where public funds are spent on programs that do not deliver value or improve outcomes. The former involves personal choices and can border on a disorder, while the latter concerns systemic issues in resource allocation within public health systems.Â