More Young Adults Getting Mental Health Care Under Obamacare: Study [Consumer.Healthday.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/6/144:00 AM

The number of young American adults getting mental health treatment has risen since the rule on dependent coverage went into effect with the passage of the Affordable Care Act, a new study finds.

That key provision ensures that those aged 19 to 25 have the option of remaining on their parents' health insurance plan. It's been in effect since September 2010.

In the new study, researchers found that the move may be allowing more young adults to receive mental health care. Soon after the rule took hold, the number of 18- to 25-year-olds in mental health treatment rose nationally -- by a couple of percentage points among those who had potential symptoms of psychiatric conditions.

[For more of this story, written by Amy Norton, go to http://consumer.healthday.com/senior-citizen-information-31/medicare-news-422/more-young-adults-getting-mental-health-care-under-obamacare-study-690379.html]

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