Unfiltered Stories | Population health-based mental health can drive better outcomes

A population health-based mental health approach is a credible way to improve mental health Mental health is a broad term that incorporates various conditions and diseases of different severity such as depression, attention deficit disorder, bipolar, schizophrenia, and more. In 2020 1 in 5 in the US experienced a mental illness while 1 in 20 experienced a serious mental illness and another 1 in 15 experienced both substance abuse and mental illness. Deryk Van Brunt, CEO at CredibleMind, and Rohan Kulkarni, Practice Leader, Healthcare at HFS discuss how population health-based mental health can be used to personalize and improve outcomes. This videocast has 3 parts: 1. Setting the stage – Understanding population health-based mental health and the incorporation of health equity and social determinants of health to improve mental health. 2. Let’s talk unfiltered – Population health-based mental health drives personalization of mental healthcare increasing the likelihood of improved health outcomes. We discuss CredibleMind’s solution which is evidence-based self-help delivered digitally allowing help for those needing it when they need it and where they are. 3. Looking into the future – While mental health prevalence has been increasing in the US and globally, there is reason to be optimistic given the tools and the access to them is increasing with greater levels of efficacy.