Walgreens Plans to Test Three Million People for Mental Health by end of 2017

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Time will tell if Walgreens accomplishes the goal and how people are helped by the initiative. Another drug store chain publicity stunt?    M

Bruce Japsen ,  

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• About one in five Americans suffer mental health conditions, which is more than those with medical conditions
• Walgreens and Mental Health America set a goal to screen three million people by the end of 2017

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A year after Walgreens Boots AllianceWBA -0.06%expanded access to behavioral health treatment by adding an established mental health screening, most patients took “active steps for follow-up,” the drugstore giant said.

Walgreens and its partner, nonprofit Mental Health America (MHA), say nearly 75% of visitors to the drugstore giant’s mental health site who completed MHA’s free screenings are moving toward follow-up treatment. That’s important because patients with mental health needs are…

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