mHealth Intelligence February 13, 2024
California’s latest behavioral healthcare effort brings tools, resources, education, and support to youth where they are most often — on their mobile devices.
As healthcare stakeholders attempt to stem the youth mental health crisis in America, many have turned to digital health technology. The latest to do so is the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), which has launched a statewide endeavor to get behavioral health applications in the hands of youth who need them the most.
Mental healthcare issues among American youth are on the rise. The proportion of high school students experiencing persistent sadness or hopelessness has grown from 28 percent in 2011 to 42 percent in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s...