Rising Mental Health Incidence Among Adolescents in Westchester, NY

Context Many governments have publicly released healthcare data, which can be mined for insights about disease conditions, and their impact on society. Methods We present a big-data analytics approach to investigate data in the New York Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) con...

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Published in:Community mental health journal 2022-01, Vol.58 (1), p.41-51
Main Authors: Rao, A. Ravishankar, Rao, Saroja, Chhabra, Rosy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
Age
Age groups
Child
Child, Preschool
Community and Environmental Psychology
Decision makers
Female
Government agencies
Health care
Health services
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Health
Mental Health Services
Middle Aged
New York - epidemiology
Original Paper
Psychiatry
Teenagers
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Summary:Context Many governments have publicly released healthcare data, which can be mined for insights about disease conditions, and their impact on society. Methods We present a big-data analytics approach to investigate data in the New York Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) consisting of 20 million patient records. Findings Whereas the age group 30–48 years exhibited an 18% decline in mental health (MH) disorders from 2009 to 2016, the age group 0–17 years showed a 5.4% increase. MH issues amongst the age group 0–17 years comprise a significant expenditure in New York State. Within this age group, we find a higher prevalence of MH disorders in females and minority populations. Westchester County has seen a 32% increase in incidences and a 41% increase in costs. Conclusions Our approach is scalable to data from multiple government agencies and provides an independent perspective on health care issues, which can prove valuable to policy and decision-makers.
ISSN:0010-3853
1573-2789
DOI:10.1007/s10597-021-00788-8