Sandra Matz is a computational social scientist, and a professor at Columbia Business School, where she also serves as the Director of the Center for Advanced Technology and Human Performance. She is the author of Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior.
More than 1 in 5 adults in the US experiences mental health problems, yet less than half of those in need receive professional treatment. Worldwide, the gap in supply and demand is so big that for every trained health professional there are over 10,000 potential clients. And it keeps widening year over year. The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis estimates that there will be a need for 60,000 additional mental health professionals by 2036, but predicts that instead, there will be over 10,000 fewer.
