Transforming Mental Health Care In The US: A Discussion On The RAND Corporation Report
The United States is at a time of promise for historic transformation in mental health care. For decades, systemic problems have persisted — including high levels of unmet need, underdevelopment of community-based supports, and inequities in access and quality of care. 1In 2019, while nearly one in five Americans had a mental illness, only 45 percent of those people received any mental health treatment. This translates to unmet need for more than 30 million Americans. Additionally, despite similar levels of …