Health care

CDC: A snapshot of Long Island, the nation’s depression period

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The number of Long Island residents diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives hovered between 10% and nearly 20% in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new CDC study. analyze the data of 2020. Young people nationwide were diagnosed at the highest levels, according to the study. By 2020, … Read more

State policies play an important role in expanding access to mental health care

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Four state policies introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic to spur telehealth expansion were associated with telehealth expansion by mental health facilities, but telehealth growth was lowest among facilities in counties with the largest percentage of black residents, according to a new RAND corporate study. Telehealth expansion was also lower among facilities that accepted Medicaid or … Read more