Experts predict the coronavirus crisis will lead more Americans to suffer from mental illness and abuse drugs and alcohol. Some of the factors include increased
More than 60 million people in the United States live with mental or substance use disorders, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration.
The authors state, “besides mood-related and emotional outbursts, especially panic, fear, avoidance and fear in meeting other people, fear of death (Thanatophobia), fear of getting isolated, stigmatization, fear of even
There’s a potential epidemic brewing within the coronavirus pandemic. Along with deaths from the virus itself, researchers at Well Being Trust and the Robert Graham
“Investment in mental health through this Congress, especially in the time of COVID, has been almost an afterthought,” said Benjamin Miller, chief strategy officer for
The new study, released Friday by the Well Being Trust and the American Academy of Family Physicians, factored in isolation and uncertainty when it calculated the
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