Has the pandemic changed workplace health and wellness forever?

Article Originally Published in inBusiness Greater Phoenix

With COVID-19, there’s been an increase in the number of people reporting anxiety, stress or depression. At the same time, there is currently a supply and demand problem due to a scarcity in psychiatrists – resulting in many patients having to wait 90-180 days for an appointment. Enabling Primary Care Providers with a lifeline to a behavioral health network (even a virtual network) helps reach more people that need care.

Tasneem Doctor, Ed.D., vice president of Behavioral Health at Equality Health points out that “adding a team of behavioral health professionals to the PCP practice allows patients to improve more quickly, with most seeing a 50% drop in behavioral health symptoms within 90 days.”

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