HealthIT Answers August 14, 2022
Nick van Terheyden

Nearly one in five adults in the United States experience some form of mental illness in their lives. The conditions and severity vary widely, and they are increasingly being seen in younger age groups—impacting children in their formative years, when neither their brains nor their coping mechanisms are fully developed.

Factor in the pandemic, which created strains in our work, family, and social worlds, and the inevitable result is even more stress that manifests in increasing numbers of people experiencing mental health issues and associated disorders of substance abuse and addiction. The opioid crisis preceded COVID-19, and early indicators suggest an acceleration of overdose deaths during the pandemic.

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