Healthcare Innovation July 30, 2024
Pietje Kobus

Mental Health America finds that there are 340 people for every one mental healthcare provider in the U.S.

On Monday, July 29, the non-profit Mental Health America (MHA) released its annual report on the state of mental health in the U.S. MHA stated in its news release that the U.S. is in a mental health crisis. The group found that 23 percent of adults experienced a mental illness in the past year, nearly 60 million Americans.

According to the report, in the last year, five percent of adults and 13 percent of youths reported experiencing severe thoughts of suicide. One in five youths had at least one major depressive episode (MDE), over which half of them did not receive treatment....

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