Adults With Depression Or Anxiety Plus Medical Debt Twice As Likely To Delay Or Forego Mental Health Counseling

About 25% of adults with depression and 20% of adults with anxiety report having difficulties paying for medical debt. These individuals with medical debt were more than twice as likely to say they delayed or skipped counseling or therapy to treat their mental health disorder. The estimates are based on responses to the 2022 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

Among the 27,651 NHIS responses, more than 18% (5,186 people) reported lifetime depression and nearly 18% (4,834 people) reported lifetime anxiety. More than 7% (1,948 people) reported current depression and nearly 7% (1,689 people) reported current . . .