The demand for mental health has increased significantly in the 2020s.

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. [Healthcare Executive Intelligence]

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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