MedCity News November 19, 2020
Lightened telehealth regulations have expanded access to virtual visits for therapy and other mental health surges. But many patients still aren’t having their needs met.
Worries about rising Covid-19 cases, a challenging presidential transition, and growing inequities are crushing people across the U.S.
This, coupled with the dark winter months and an unusual holiday season, is creating a rising need for mental healthcare in a country where it was already difficult to access.
“Demand was beating supply before the pandemic, before the racial trauma, before the election and before the winter,” said Dr. Ken Duckworth, chief medical officer of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. “Now what you have is demand crushing supply.”
In August, the Centers for Disease...
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