AJMC May 10, 2022
Marking Mental Health Awareness month, stakeholders involved in the delivery of behavioral health care services discuss current efforts underway—spearheaded by the novel 988 emergency hotline—to address the growing mental health crisis.
The mental health crisis in the United States has shown staggering increases in rates of mood disorders and suicide-related outcomes among adults and adolescents. Along with COVID-19, issues such as social media use and the intensifying danger of climate change have been associated with symptoms of depression, anxiety, suicidality, and other psychiatric conditions, particularly among youth.
According to recent data from the CDC, more than a third of high school students reported experiencing poor mental health during the pandemic, and LGBT and female youth were disproportionately affected.
Moreover, research...
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