The accompanying press release can be found here.
A new United Hospital Fund analysis reveals the vast and growing toll of the adolescent behavioral health crisis and its considerable, lifelong ripple effects on medical costs, productivity, and wages.
Using data from multiple nationally administered surveys, as well as analytic modeling and expertise from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), The Ripple Effects of the Adolescent Behavioral Health Crisis provides a baseline analysis of the number of adolescents in the United States, New York State, and New York City who have a behavioral health condition and which groups are disproportionately affected. It also calculates the burden of unmet need and the resulting impacts on the individual, family, and society.
The report discusses approaches to tackling the crisis beyond addressing the shortage of behavioral health clinicians, including empowering non-clinical staff to connect with adolescents experiencing mild conditions, fighting against stigma surrounding behavioral health, and fostering better dialogue between families, schools, and communities.
