Ryan K McBain

1 week ago | rand.org | Priya Gandhi |Joshua Breslau |Ryan K McBain |Jonathan Levin

Key Findings Clinics that did not screen differed from clinics that did screen with respect to their locations, whether they were FQHCs, and whether they listed a pediatric provider among their staff. Lack of awareness remains a major reason that clinics do not conduct ACE screening. Many never-screener clinics simply did not know about ACE screening. Among the late adopter group, most of the clinics began screening soon after learning about it.

Oct 16, 2023 | rand.org | Ryan K McBain |Jonathan Cantor |Nicole K. Eberhart

The US is confronting an urgent and worsening shortage of psychiatric beds. For example, in Massachusetts, hundreds of patients have been wait-listed for acute inpatient psychiatric beds. In California, well over a thousand individuals deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial have been housed in county jails, awaiting placement at psychiatric facilities. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this dynamic, creating an epidemic within the broader pandemic.

Apr 18, 2023 | thehill.com | Ryan K McBain

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency declaration expired last week. It will have broad-sweeping effects, and one of the most significant is little known: It could begin undoing the expansion of mental health care access for millions of Americans. Prior to the pandemic, over 95 percent of outpatient mental health services were in-person in the United States. Today, that figure has declined to roughly 50 percent for conditions like depression and anxiety.

Apr 18, 2023 | clarion.causeaction.com | Ryan K McBain

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/3956665-a-potential-backslide-in-mental-health-care-for-millions-of-americans/ A potential backslide in mental health care for millions of Americans | The Hill Skip to content The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency .

Apr 18, 2023 | rand.org | Ryan K McBain

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency expires in less than a month. When it does, it will have broad-sweeping effects, and one of the most significant is little known: It could begin undoing the expansion of mental health care access for millions of Americans. Prior to the pandemic, over 95 percent of outpatient mental health services were in-person in the United States. Today, that figure has declined to roughly 50 percent for conditions like depression and anxiety.