This study found greater deaths of despair mortality burden and differences in burden across gender, race, and ethnicity in 2020. The results indicate the need to bolster behavioral health research, support mental health workforce development and education, increase access to evidence-based substance us...
And in 1950, psychologist Erik Erikson notably described “despair” as belonging to the eighth, or final, stage of life. “Despair expresses the feeling that the time is now short, too short for the attempt to start another life.” What happened that much of the field is unaware of this...
Deaths from these causes are known as "deaths of despair." And the COVID-19 pandemic may be accelerating conditions that lead to such deaths. "Deaths of despair are tied to multiple factors, likeunemployment,fear and dread, and isolation. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were already ...
Deaths related to suicide, drug misuse, and alcohol-specific causes, known collectively as “deaths of despair” are of growing interest to researchers in England. Rates of death from these causes are highest in deprived northern communities and are clos
Conclusions: This study found greater deaths of despair mortality burden and differences in burden across gender, race, and ethnicity in 2020. The results indicate the need to bolster behavioral health research, support mental health workforce development and education, increase access to evidence-based...
The report makes recommendations for combating deaths of despair, including promoting racial equality, reducing risk factors, such as violence, unstable housing and discrimination, and increasing access to health care. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2020 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. Al...
In West Virginia, the opioid addiction crisis is a symptom of a much larger problem, one of hopelessness, isolation, and despair.
Deaths of Despair (DoD), or mortality resulting from suicide, drug overdose, and alcohol-related liver disease, have been rising steadily in the United States over the last several decades. In 2020, a record 186,763 annual despair-related deaths were documented, contributing to the longest susta...
Increases in “deaths of despair” during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and the United Kingdom. Public Health. 2023;218:92-96. doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2023.02.019 PubMedGoogle Scholar 21. White AM, Castle IP, Powell PA, Hingson RW, Koob GF. ...
In the healthcare sector, per capita public spending on health fell in several countries which impacted the provision of health services and access to care, with large increases in unmet medical needs during and after the crisis (Arora et al., 2015; Cylus & Pearson, 2015; Reeves et al., ...