MedCity News January 1, 2024
Expanding access to the existing mental care system alone won’t solve problems if the mechanisms for providing care are inefficient and ineffective. Access must come hand-in-hand with quality of care – which is where measurement-based care (MBC) comes into play.
58 million people suffer from mental health challenges in the United States. Depression rates are at an all-time high. Yet despite earnest efforts from the mental health industry and Americans spending billions on care per year, only 13% of patients who receive treatment report lasting improvement.
These facts serve as a call to action to reposition our approach to addressing the mental health crisis. While access to treatment is critical, outweighing this aspect of care won’t get to the root...
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