mHealth Intelligence February 12, 2024
New research reveals that while outpatient mental healthcare visits have increased, telehealth use in this area varies based on social and economic factors.
Patterns in the use of audio-only or video-based telehealth to receive mental healthcare are mixed, differing based on age, sex, education, income, and location, according to new research by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the study assessed trends in psychological distress and outpatient mental healthcare among United States adults between 2018 and 2021. The study also analyzed in-person, telephone-only, and video-based outpatient mental healthcare patterns.
Though America’s mental health epidemic has been ongoing for decades, the COVID-19 pandemic caused mental health...
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