According to HealthDay (10/3, Murez), “spending on mental health services for U.S. children and adolescents has risen sharply since 2020,” climbing “26% for youths aged 19 and younger between March 2020 and August 2022,” RAND researchers concluded. After examining “claims from health benefit manager Castlight Health” that “involved 1.9 million children and teens with commercial insurance from January 2019 through August 2022,” investigators also found that “use of mental health services increased by 22%” along “a large group whose families had employer-provided insurance.” The findings were published online Oct. 3 in a research letter in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Spending on Kids’ Mental Health Keeps Rising,”Cara Murez, HealthDay, October 3, 2023