Growing use of virtual mental healthcare could prompt insurer backlash, study says
By
Adam Healy
Aug 29, 2023
Insurance companies may begin limiting or entirely removing telehealth coverage for mental health services despite the huge expansion of virtual care services during the pandemic, according to new research...
Half of global population may have a mental disorder by age 75 years
Aug 04, 2023
(HealthDay News) — By age 75 years, approximately half the global population can expect to develop a mental disorder, according to a study published online July 30 in The Lancet Psychiatry.
Texas partnership expands in-home healthcare, behavioral health to at-risk patients
By
Diane Eastabrook
Dec 19, 2022
A new partnership in Texas will expand in-home healthcare services including behavioral health, to high-risk patients.
Seniors’ mental health getting some overdue attention
By
Liza Berger
Feb 25, 2022
Score another point for the pandemic. Once again, COVID-19 has brought a topic so critical to the light that we have to muster some gratitude. Of late, that issue is seniors’ mental health.
Mental health services for adult Medicaid recipients fell 22% last year, CMS reports
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 18, 2021
Adult Medicaid beneficiaries have foregone millions of primary, preventive and mental health care visits during the pandemic, according to new data by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Mental health among seniors deteriorated during pandemic, national poll finds
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 06, 2021
An estimated 1 in 5 older adults currently suffer from depression, anxiety, insomnia, substance abuse or another mental health disorder, according to the new National Poll on Healthy Agin
Survey: Serious mental stress still a challenge for healthcare workers
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 07, 2021
Frontline healthcare workers, including those who work in home care, say the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a serious toll on their mental health, with 3 in 10 seeking mental health services.
U.S. unpaid caregivers struggling the most with emotional health problems: report
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 25, 2021
Nearly seven out of 10 unpaid U.S. caregivers say that the pandemic has worsened their emotional health. Their 68% rate was more than a tenth higher than the 61% registered by these workers worldwide.
Home health clients feeling physical, mental health effects of pandemic
By
Joe Jancsurak
Dec 08, 2020
The long-term physical and mental health effects experienced during the pandemic by older adults who, along with their family caregivers, typically would be served by home healthcare agencies, are a growing...