Many Children Who Need Mental Healthcare Appear Not To Be Getting It, Study Indicates

Medical Daily (9/30, Nelson) reports many children who need mental healthcare appear not to be getting it, investigators concluded after reviewing “over 200,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance claims for kids aged 10 to 17.” The study revealed that “one in 10 had a claim related to mental health care between 2012 and 2018,” but “only 71% of those kids received follow-up treatment after the insurance claim.” The findings were published online Sept. 29 in PNAS.

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— “Kids Need Mental Health Care, But They’re Not Getting It “Jennifer Nelson, Medical Daily, September 30, 2020

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