Forbes October 22, 2023
Despite COVID-19, concerns about mental health remain elevated with 90% of U.S. adults believing that the U.S. is facing a mental health crisis, according to a recent KFF/CNN survey. The pandemic has affected the public’s mental health and well-being and realities abound in: isolation, loneliness, job loss, financial instability, illness and grief.
Over the course of the pandemic, many adults reported symptoms consistent with anxiety and depression, with approximately four in ten adults reporting these symptoms by early 2021, before declining to approximately three in ten adults as the pandemic eased. Many people still today grapple with declining mental health and well-being and face barriers to care.
The pandemic created an environment that caused many people into rethinking their lives....