Study: Anxiety, depression drove much of the rise in MH care

Growing mental health needs and broader insurance coverage fueled a significant increase in mental health care use among U.S. adults from 2019 to 2023, according to new research examining national trends in treatment utilization during this period. Researchers also suggest that expanded insurance coverage, particularly a decline in the proportion of uninsured adults, may have contributed to greater use of mental health services, according to the study published in advance online Sept. 11 in Psychiatric Services .