New data shows there’s a significant unmet need when it comes to behavioral health care in our state.

In a study funded by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund, Access to Behavior Health Care in Michigan, researchers determined that 38 percent of people who experience a mental illness are not receiving treatment and 80 percent of residents who have a substance use disorder aren’t receiving treatment.

The Health Fund said the report was commissioned to “better understand the state of behavioral health access amid rising rates of behavioral health-related conditions in Michigan and across the