Telehealth increase brings surge in mental health care services

The increase in the use of telehealth services during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic expanded the number of people receiving care for several common mental health disorders, according to Rand Corporation researchers, reports Healthcare Dive. Mental health services provided for some conditions had increased 10% to 20% by December 2020 since the start of the year, according to the research, which tracked claims for more than 5 million adults with private health insurance. I