Young Adults Use of Behavioral Health Care Services Increasing

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Use of behavioral health care services by young adults insured by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota increased by 157% between 2001 to 2005. In 2005, with 21.6 visits per 1,000 members between the ages of 20 to 30 seeing a physician for a wide range of behavioral health issues such as anger management, the increase was nearly triple the 55.9% behavioral health utilization increase for all age groups. Increased young adult utilization for other behavioral health issues was also noted in the following . . .