The United States is confronting an unprecedented mental health crisis. Even before the pandemic began, rates of depression and anxiety were increasing—but the isolation, lifestyle disruptions, decreasing availability of care, and the grief of the last few years have worsened the situation. ...
Top health officials have warned of a "devastating" mental health crisis among adolescents, while numerous hospital and doctor groups have called it a national emergency, citing rising levels of mental illness, a severe shortage of therapists and treatment options, and insufficient research to explain...
Mental health remains segregated from physical health policy-making and continues to operate at a political disadvantage in general fund budget battles.doi:10.1007/BF02518610D R KempJ Ment Health AdmKemp DR: Mental health crisis in California. Journal of Mental Health Administration 1991; 18:154-...
The crisis was so dire that the U.S. Surgeon General recommended that teens step up to help each other. Some high schools already had programs in place. Pomona High School established its counseling program in the 1970s and has continued to expand and improve it to this day. "As I got ...
Kids in Crisis: CBS News and Stations address the youth mental health crisis in America Jamie Howard, senior clinical psychologist at the Child Mind Institute, joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the youth mental health crisis and shares tips on how parents can have an open conversation with their...
NEW YORK, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The healthcare workers in the United States are facing a mental health crisis, the USA Today reported Tuesday. Last week, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory regarding the burnout and resignation crisis in the healthcare community, underlining th...
Fla. Trash Fight Spotlights Wider Battle Advocates say facilities like trash incinerators too often overburden people of color – a concern coming to the fore as Miami-Dade officials search for a new site for one. KFF Health NewsDec. 23, 2024...
"We are living through a global mental health crisis," the top UN official said in his video message to launch the World Mental Health Report 2022: Transforming Mental Health For All. Guterres said that nearly 1 billion people around the world, including millions of children and young people,...
To fully support American youth, this should be another tool in the toolbox of resources. We can’t look away from their suffering. We must stand with them and make a commitment to do better for them and for their families. To address this mental health crisis — an emergency that is ...
An overwhelming majority of people in the United States think the country is experiencing a mental health crisis, according to a new survey from CNN in partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation. Nine out of 10 adults said they believed that there’s a mental health crisis in the US ...