Mental Health Care
We Can do Better.
Up until the rise of the passing of the Mental Health Parity Act in 1996, very little was spent or discussed on Mental Health in this country.
Though many insurance companies now cover mental healthcare, it’s no secret that America is facing a mental-health epidemic, which has only become exasperated during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mental Health Needs are Widespread
% Of Americans with a Mental Health Illness(1)
Suicide Rate in the USA (Per 100,000)(2)
% of Americans With a Mental Health Illness Who Receive Treatment(1)
% of Americans Struggling with Mental Health or Substance Abuse During Covid-19(3)
Financial Repercussions of Inadequate Mental Health Care are Severe
US Mental Health Spend (in $B)(4)
Disability Causes in the United States(9)
% of ER Visits for Mental Health(5)
Rate of Disability Caused by Diseases(9)
Providers are Burnt Out & In Short Supply
% Of Psychiatrists Who Are Burnt Out(7)
% Psychiatrist Shortage in USA(9)
% of Psychiatrists Accepting New Patients(8)
Average # Days Wait for Psychiatry Appt(10)
Technological Shortcomings are Everywhere
Psychiatrists Routinely Utilizing Symptom-Rating Scales(11)
Psychologists Routinely Utilizing Symptom-Rating Scales(11)
(1) https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/mental-illness.shtml
(2) https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide.shtml
(3)https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6932a1.htm
(4)https://www.statista.com/statistics/252393/total-us-expenditure-for-mental-health-services/
(5)https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0735675719308423
(6)Vos T, al. e: Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet 380:2163-96, 2012
(7)https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/well-being-and-burnout
(8)https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/treating-mental-illness-ed
(9)https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Psychiatric-Shortage_National-Council-.pdf?daf=375ateTbd56
(10)https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.ps.201400051
(11)https://thekennedyforum-dot-org.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/KennedyForum-MeasurementBasedCare_2.pdf