Behavioral Health Referrals In The Time Of COVID

One of the consistent themes in my discussions with executives of behavioral health treatment programs is that there is more demand for services in this era of COVID - and the needs of those consumers are more acute. The data supports this. During the pandemic, about four in ten adults in the U.S. have reported symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorder, up from one in ten adults who reported these symptoms from January to June 2019. Americans also reported a 12% increase in substance use (see The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use). And this development . . .