Healthcare IT Today September 21, 2023
The following is a guest article by Byron Crowe, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Solera
Demand for mental services has never been higher, and an ongoing shortage of psychiatrists and psychologists is preventing millions of Americans from timely access to mental health services. And the timing couldn’t be worse — findings from Solera Health’s recent Mental Health Index, a nationally representative survey of over 3,000 U.S. adults, found that 42% of Americans continue to be bothered by symptoms of anxiety and depression, a staggering figure that remains substantially elevated from pre-pandemic numbers. Moreover, these symptoms were not distributed equally but were 60% more likely to affect low-income individuals compared to those in the highest income brackets.
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