Spending on Mental Health Services Among Americans Has Risen by 53% Since Start of Pandemic

The Wuhan coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the public’s mental health and well-being in many ways – grief from the loss of friends and loved ones, illness and death, isolation and loneliness, job loss and financial instability, and so much more

A new study published in the journal JAMA Health Forum assessed monthly telehealth and in-person use and spending rates for mental health services among commercially insured U.S. adults between 2019 and 2022.

Researchers from the RAND Corporation and Castlight Health reported spending on telehealth and in-person mental health services among Americans with private health insurance rose by 53 percent from March 2020 to August 2022 . At the same time, the use of mental health services increased by 39 percent.Anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, major depressive disorders, post-traumatic stress (PTS), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and schizophrenia were the conditions examined, according to the study.”The changes that occurred during […]

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