Opinion: Integrated care opens new doors to mental health, addiction care
In every American community — wealthy or poor, rural or urban, young or old — at least 1 in 5 people live with mental health disorders. And yet no American community has an adequate supply of mental health clinicians who can provide timely, affordable, high-quality care for the people who need it.
Untreated mental illness has : poor health outcomes, missed work, high costs of care, and premature death. Only are actually seen by a mental health care provider and, when they are, the average number of visits is just two. Only half of psychiatrists , and less.
