‘In crisis mode’: How short-staffed hospitals are coping with a mental health surge

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a worsening mental health crisis, especially among children, causing surges of mental health patients at hospitals already suffering from staff shortages.

Radio Advisory playlist: Behavioral health episodes

Mental health reaching ‘crisis levels’

According to a survey from the American Psychological Association (APA), psychologists in 2021 are seeing increased demand for care since last year, when demand already spiked to new levels. Most commonly, care has been for depression, anxiety, and trauma- or stressor-related disorders.

Webinar: The future of behavioral health after a year of isolation

“The pandemic has created an extraordinary sense of loss in many people’s lives, and it’s created abrupt change with great uncertainty...