The demand for mental health has increased significantly in the 2020s. [ TechTarget- Healthcare Consumerism News]

Mental healthcare utilization grew 38.8 percent between 2019 and 2022 and spending on mental health jumped 53.7 percent in the same timeframe. The coronavirus pandemic was a key driver of these trends. It was disruptive and destructive to well-being, but it also opened many Americans’ eyes to their desperate need for mental health support. 

As a result, in 2022 telemental health utilization had stabilized at around 1,068 percent of what it was pre-pandemic.

In today’s episode of Industry Perspectives, Georgia Gaveras, DO, co-founder and chief medical officer at Talkiatry, discusses these trends and the state of telemental healthcare.

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