MedCity News December 15, 2019
While in-person visits with mental health providers won’t go away anytime soon, behavioral telehealth is expected to surge, as younger patients seek convenient ways to engage with a provider to address mental health problems.
The escalating shortage of behavioral health providers couldn’t have come at a worse time especially for millennials and their younger Gen Z counterparts.
Rates of major depression rates soared 31 percent among millennials from 2014 to 2017, according to The Health of Millennials report, also noted increases in substance-use disorders among millennials.
But there’s a silver lining to the mental health provider shortage, which could positively impact millennials and future healthcare delivery: More and more patients in the 35-and-under demographic wouldn’t otherwise seek out behavioral healthcare...
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