Psychiatric Times March 9, 2022
How can mHealth apps help overcome barriers to access to care?
(This is part 1 of a 3-part series discussing mHealth apps. Parts 2 and 3 will be posted shortly—Ed.)
In the United States, 21% of adults (52.9 million) are estimated to have experienced a mental health disorder within a given year.1 The response to behavioral health needs in US communities is inadequate, which has created a gap between the need for treatment and the delivery of care: Of the 52.9 million adults with any behavioral health disorder, only approximately 16.9% (41.4 million people) received inpatient or outpatient behavioral health services within the year prior to the 2020 study.1
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