Insufficient Mental Health Treatment and Access to Care for ...

Exploring Barriers to Mental Health Care in the U.S.

The shortage and maldistribution of mental health professionals across the country further impedes access to mental health care. Rural areas, where 14% of the ...

Study Reveals Lack of Access as Root Cause for Mental Health ...

Mental health services in the U.S. are insufficient despite more than half of Americans (56%) seeking help. Limited options and long waits ...

5 barriers to mental health treatment and access to care - Bonterra

One of the main barriers to mental health treatment is a lack of available services caused by a combination of a high demand for treatment and a low supply of ...

ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE - Common Mental Health Disorders

A lack of provision and capacity in mental healthcare services can be a factor that affects access to care for all individuals (DIXONWOODS2005). Long waiting- ...

Lack of access to evidence-based mental health care poses grave ...

A KFF assessment of the nation's mental health workforce found that more than one-third of the U.S. population lives in areas that are ...

Improving Mental Health Access for Low-Income Children and ...

Additionally, lack of insurance or type of “carve out” and quantity of mental health services provided under managed care plans can prevent children and ...

Access to Care Data 2022 | Mental Health America

Over half (56%) of adults with a mental illness receive no treatment. Over 27 million individuals experiencing a mental illness are going untreated. The state ...

Most Americans with mental health needs don't get treatment, report ...

Roughly two-thirds of Americans with a diagnosed mental health condition were unable to access treatment in 2021, though they had health insurance.

Mental health care is in high demand. Psychologists are leveraging ...

“The lack of access to mental health care is an equity issue,” said Martyn Whittingham, PhD, a licensed psychologist in Ohio who developed a ...

New Report Shows Remarkable Lack of Access to Mental Health Care

57% of people who sought mental health or substance use (MH/SUD) care were unable to access any care on at least one occasion between January ...

The Mismatch between Mental Health Care Access and Demand

But increasing demand for these services has led to an ongoing, nationwide shortage of behavioral health providers. Today's WatchBlog post looks ...

A Lack of Behavioral Health Providers in Medicare and Medicaid ...

A Lack of Behavioral Health Providers in Medicare and Medicaid Impedes Enrollees' Access to Care ... care and may even forgo treatment altogether.

Big Barriers in Access to Mental Health Care

The lack of mental health professionals is by far the largest barrier we're currently facing for access to mental health care. Although the ...

The Doctor is Out | NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness

Americans are finding it difficult to access care for several reasons. People lack the same access to mental health providers as they have for other medical ...

4 out of 10 Americans Can't Access Mental Health… - Fountain House

A recent survey shows 42 percent of US adults who needed care in the previous 12 months did not receive it because of costs and other barriers.

A growing psychiatrist shortage and an enormous demand ... - AAMC

A growing psychiatrist shortage and an enormous demand for mental health services ; 51.5 million people . Then COVID-19 struck. ; 40% of adults ...

A human-centered vision for improving the mental health care ...

Access to mental health providers is uneven across the United States, with 37% of the country living in a mental health provider shortage area, ...

The Behavioral Health Care Affordability Problem

The law also has more sweeping protections that prohibit treatment and visit limits, cost sharing, and network limitations from being more ...

Mental Health in America - Access to Care Data 2018

55.8% of adults with a mental illness received no treatment. Lack of access to treatment is slowly improving. In 2011, 59% of adults with a mental health ...

Reducing the Economic Burden of Unmet Mental Health Needs | CEA

Expanding access to behavioral health services may not address unmet needs if help-seeking remains inconvenient or stigmatized. Thus, moving ...