Behavioral health data

The case for
changing the work.

Behavioral health has a math problem: more need than clinicians, and too much of every clinician's day spent away from care. These are the numbers we're working to change.

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Measurement Agent

The need

More need than
there are clinicians.

Every figure on this page is sourced, with the year it was published. The references are at the foot of the page.

23.1%

of U.S. adults, 59.3 million people, live with a mental illness.[1]

49%

of them received no mental health treatment in the past year.[1]

137M

Americans live in a designated mental health shortage area.[2]

27%

of the need in those areas is currently met.[2]

The burden

The cost of the
work around the work.

Every hour of care generates paperwork, and the paperwork is winning. The result is burnout, shrinking panels and clinicians leaving the field they trained a decade for.

2 hrsof desk and EHR work for every hour of direct patient care.[3]

42%of physicians report at least one symptom of burnout.[4]

<20%of behavioral health clinicians routinely use measurement-based care.[5]

Your caseload

Maria J.

Improving

Sam R.

Steady

Dana K.

Needs eyes

Improving

PHQ-9, six weeks

Check-ins sent, scored and charted for you

Where Medera helps

The agents working
on these numbers.

Each one takes on a piece of the work behind these figures: the note, the measure, the open slot, the follow-through. The decisions stay with you.

Meet every agent

Scribe Agent

Drafts the note in your structure and your voice, waiting for you by the time the session ends.

Nothing is filed without your signature.

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Measurement Agent

Sends PHQ-9, GAD-7 and your own measures between sessions, then scores and charts what comes back.

You choose the measures and the rhythm.

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Scheduling Agent

Books, reminds and reshuffles around your calendar, and offers open slots to the waitlist.

Your hours and your rules, always.

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Follow-up Agent

Tracks referrals, missed visits and check-ins to completion, so nobody falls through the cracks.

You set who gets a nudge.

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Sources

References

Primary sources, with the year each figure was published. Where a figure is rounded for display, the exact value is given below.

1
National Institute of Mental Health. Mental Illness. Prevalence of Any Mental Illness among U.S. adults, 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (SAMHSA). 59.3 million adults, 23.1%; 50.6% received treatment in the past year. nimh.nih.gov
2
KFF State Health Facts, from HRSA Bureau of Health Workforce designation data as of 31 December 2025. 137,133,953 people in Mental Health Care HPSAs; 27.3% of need met; 6,800 additional psychiatrists required to remove the designations. kff.org
3
Sinsky C, Colligan L, Li L, et al. Allocation of Physician Time in Ambulatory Practice: A Time and Motion Study in 4 Specialties. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2016;165(11):753–760. acpjournals.org
4
American Medical Association. Physician burnout rate continues decline, falling to nearly 42%. 2026. ama-assn.org
5
National Committee for Quality Assurance. Measurement-Based Care in Behavioral Health: Let’s Keep Moving Forward. ncqa.org