Patient Engagement October 13, 2023
Mental healthcare access is elusive for many teens who need it, especially racial and ethnic minorities, a new study showed.
Demand is seriously outpacing supply for adolescents with major depressive disorder, with new JAMA Pediatrics data showing that less than half of kids who needed treatment without mental healthcare access.
And notably, the study showed some serious racial health disparities at play.
The youth mental health crisis is nothing new to healthcare professionals. Rates of major depression disorder (MDD) among adolescents doubled between 2009 and 2019, the Cambridge Health Alliance researchers wrote, citing figures from CDC. And this problem only worsened during the pandemic, which heralded increased feelings of loneliness, helplessness, and social isolation.
And according to this latest analysis,...
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