Why employers need to think beyond mental health apps and chatbots for their benefits

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Mental health support at work — and how it could be better — has been one of the leading topics of conversation for the past several years. But this mental health provider believes the  conversation has still not gone far enough. 

While employers have prioritized providing mental health resources, just 44% have enough providers available to employees with more complex mental health needs, according to the Kaiser Family Foundations’ annual employer survey. That means that employees are left with expensive out-of-network providers or have to rely on telehealth options that may not adequately cover the scope of mental health treatment.  

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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