Percent of Wright County adults who delayed receiving mental health care when needed, in the past 12 months
Current Value
15%
Definition
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Story Behind the Curve
As the need for mental health care has grown in recent years, the mental health care workforce has decreased.
Reasons for mental health care delay:
- Not serious enough (47.3%), Cost too much (30.6%), Did not know where to go (26.4%), Too nervous or afraid (24.3%), Other reason (14.7%), Could not get an appointment (14.3%), COVID-19 (14%), Not covered by insurance (10.3%), No insurance (2.8%), Transportation problems (1.8%)
Partners
- Minnesota Department of Health
- Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Mental Health Advisory Council
- Public Health Taskforce
- Minnesota Council on Aging
- CommUNITY Adult Mental Health Initiative
- Central Minnesota Mental Health Clinics
- Alina Health
- Centra Care
- Four County Crisis Response Team
What Works
- Set up places(s) where people can find resources to get connected.
- Adopt organizational policies that decrease trauma for program participants and staff. Provide trauma-informed practices training and develop policies to implement lessons learned.