Encompassing mental health conditions and substance use disorders, behavioral health is a key component of whole health. At Anthem, we believe a comprehensive approach is needed to address the behavioral health needs of our communities.
Health equity is a key driver of mental and physical well-being. Yet, some communities continue to disproportionately face barriers to access quality, culturally-competent mental healthcare. At Anthem, we’re supporting the necessary changes being made to telehealth policies that reduce health disparities and better connect our consumers with the care they need to improve and sustain their mental health.
Anthem is committed to using data and listening to those on the front lines of behavioral healthcare to gain a deeper understanding of those we serve. As part of this commitment, we developed an inaugural report to analyze more than 27 million healthcare claims and results from our nationwide clinician survey.
Our behavioral health affects nearly every aspect of our day-to-day lives. Yet despite clear connections between behavioral and physical conditions, our healthcare system has long siloed behavioral health treatment, making it difficult for healthcare providers to see the full picture of a patient’s health. At Anthem, we’re taking a whole health approach to improve access, affordability, and outcomes.
We’re leveraging our expertise, technology, and innovative approaches to predict, prevent, identify, and treat behavioral health conditions. Hear from our experts on way we’re tackling a wide range of issues.
Dr. Jessica Chaudhary on Covid-19, Behavioral Health, and an Alarming Rise In Suicide
Medical Director Dr. Jessica Chaudhary discusses the alarming rise in suicide ideation, the behavioral health conditions that put people at greater risk, and the connection between public health crises and whole health.
Dr. Sandrine Pirard on When Substance Use and Pregnancy Collide
VP Medical Director Dr. Sandrine Pirard discusses the prevalence of substance use disorders in pregnant and postpartum women and how Anthem’s approach to coordinating care is essential to improving the whole health of women and children.
Wendy Farmer on Compassionately and Effectively Responding to Behavioral Health Crises
Crisis Solutions Leader Wendy Farmer discusses how behavioral health crises are currently addressed and the importance of developing crisis systems to reduce stigma, provide effective behavior health crisis interventions, and improve the health of communities.
Dr. Charma Dudley on Reducing Health Disparties Through Culturally Competent Care
Associate Director of Behavioral Health Services Dr. Charma Dudley discusses the ways in which disparities in access, awareness and treatment affect behavioral health outcomes for diverse populations and how Anthem is increasing cultural competency among providers to address members’ whole health.
Dr. Nancy Norman, MPH, on Connecting the Dots Between Behavioral Health and Housing
Medical Director of Integration Dr. Nancy Norman, MPH, discusses the connections between behavioral health and safe/affordable housing, insecure housing and homelessness, and how Anthem is increasing access to housing and behavioral healthcare to improve outcomes.
Analyzing the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health
News-Medical, 08-26-2021
In recent years, there has been an increased awareness of what mental health is and how it can be addressed in order to reduce its stigmatization. These strategies will be vital to tackling mental health going forward, improving the rates at which people seek out help, and increasing the efficacy of treatment. Here, we discuss...
Mental health is the next big workplace issue
Axios, 08-16-2021
Employees’ mental health is quickly becoming a top concern for companies as they try to hold on to workers through the pandemic.
How to Protect Your Mental Health Amid a COVID-19 Surge
VeryWell Health, 08-16-2021
A year and a half after the beginning of the pandemic, we are once again seeing surges in COVID-related cases, largely due to the highly contagious Delta variant.
Why it’s so hard to be a nurse in America, according to two nurses
Vox, 08-16-2021
Nurses were struggling even before the pandemic. We have the tools to change that.
Children’s mental health badly harmed by the pandemic. Therapy is hard to find.
The Washington Post, 08-14-2021
From June of last year to late this past spring, an average of five children a week were being admitted to the medical school’s teaching hospital at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., after overdosing on medications such as acetaminophen, opiates, antidepressants and even Ritalin.
How pandemic financial stress impacts mental health, and what we can do about it
CNN, 08-09-2021
Since coronavirus shuttered the world in the early months of 2020, the financial impact has taken a significant — and often invisible — toll.
The pandemic has pushed children’s mental health and access to care to a ‘crisis point’
CNN, 07-22-2021
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Bailey Lynn and her friends often talked about the toll the virus has taken. Still, the high school senior was surprised recently by the results of a survey she created to assess her classmates’ mental health during the pandemic: Only a quarter who said they thought they needed a therapist had...
LATINOS EMBRACED REMOTE MENTAL HEALTH VISITS AMID PANDEMIC
HealthLeaders, 07-20-2021
Latinos were the most engaged in using remote mental health services during the height of the pandemic in 2020, according to a new analysis commissioned by Anthem Inc.
Anthem Sees Different Telehealth Adoption Rates Among Populations
mHealthIntelligence, 07-16-2021
An Anthem analysis of telehealth use for mental health services during the pandemic finds that Hispanic and Latino members were the highest users, while black members were far less likely to seek virtual care.
