Five things to know:
- Depression and anxiety are diagnosed 32 to 40 percent less in Black, Hispanic and Latino communities
- Forty percent of Hispanic and Latino people had a telehealth visit during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Behavioral health visits fell 7.7 percent across all racial groups during COVID-19.
- Black people were 7.4 percent less likely to participate in any behavioral health visits before COVID-19 than white people. This disparity has continued throughout the pandemic, the report said.
- Anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder were among the top five telehealth diagnoses for white, Black, Hispanic and Latino, and Asian populations.
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