STAT (9/22, Gopalakrishna) reports, “A large new study finds that mental health care for many children in the U.S. falls far short, particularly when it comes to the follow-up treatment they receive.” Investigators arrived at that conclusion after examining “insurance claims from children between the ages of 10 and 17 covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield.” Out “of the more than 2 million children included in the study, nearly one in 10 had a claim related to mental illness between 2012 and 2018,” but “only 71% of the children received treatment in the three months that followed an initial insurance claim.” The findings were published online Sept. 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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— “New research shows many children with mental health conditions don’t get follow-up care “Pratibha Gopalakrishna, STAT, September 22, 2020