By Kathleen Greer and John Quick
COVID-19 has impacted businesses of all types, none more than the business of mental healthcare. Prior to the pandemic, one in five adults experienced a mental health issue each year and one in twenty-five adults had a serious mental condition. Now 47% of Americans report negative mental health effects due to the disruption and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic. We know that counseling and mental healthcare helps, but an average of 70% of those who need it fail to access care because of stigma, provider shortages and systemic delivery system access problems.
