Healthcare Innovation May 5, 2021
The report also reveals that many behavioral health providers have laid off employees and shut down programs
How has the need for and availability of services for mental health and substance use disorders changed during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence suggests these conditions increased while access to care decreased, according to a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Researchers noted that in 2019, an estimated 52 million adults in the U.S. were reported to have a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder, and 20 million people aged 12 or older had a substance use disorder. Experts have expressed concerns that the incidence of behavioral health conditions would increase as a result of stressors associated with the COVID-19...
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