COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic in March 2020, resulting in social distancing mandates and a rapid transition from in-person to remote health care delivery formats. These same mandates also pose significant threats to the mental health and well-being of the public. Similar to prior pandemics, long-term social distancing and self-quarantining behaviors have increased the incidence and severity of anxiety and depression in the general public.
Behavioral healthcare is becoming more and more focused due to the need for attending to one's mental health has increased with the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic showed people how their mental health can be affected overnight if not tended to properly. This increased access to behavioral health over the last few years. This in turn opened opportunities for more practices to integrate behavioral services with many healthcare platforms which helps the related patients.
The telemental health market is expected to gain market growth in the forecast period of 2021 to 2028. Data Bridge Market Research analyses that the market is growing with the CAGR of 33.95% in the forecast period of 2021 to 2028.
The Global Telemental Health Market accounted to USD 1.66 billion in 2016 growing at a CAGR of 25.12% during the forecast period of 2017 to 2024. The upcoming market report contains data for historic years 2015, the base year of calculation is 2016 and the forecast period is 2017 to 2024.