A Need Most Evident: The Glaring Need For Behavioral Healthcare In A Post-Pandemic World

The role of health IT (HIT) in addressing COVID-19 impacts on patients’ mental health and the behavioral health care infrastructure in the U.S.

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Health and human services professionals didn’t need to wait for the statistics to know COVID-19 was affecting behavioral health. They witnessed the effects in real-time as emergency departments, community health centers, and agencies were inundated with patients in distress and individuals across the country clamored for help with new or heightened symptoms of mental illness.

In contrast to many prior traumatic . . .