Brookings July 21, 2023
Policy options to expand services in “nontraditional” settings
The U.S. is experiencing shortages of mental health services in a range of locations and service delivery contexts. Just over one in five people in the U.S. reported having a mental health condition in 2021, and of those, about half received any services for those conditions. For some groups of people, including youth and people of color with certain mental health conditions, rates of receiving services are lower than for other groups. The poorest communities in the U.S. have the lowest rates of availability of mental health providers. The gap between apparent need for mental health services and receipt of them is longstanding, and takes on urgency, as rates of reported mental...
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