Coronavirus Pandemic Spurring Mental Health Crisis, Especially in the Young
June 3, 2020 | Assisted Living Administrator CEUs, Nursing Home Administrator CEUs, Nursing Home Administrator continuing education courses, Senior Citizens | No Comments
The coronavirus pandemic is taking its toll on Americans’ mental health, with more than 88,000 people developing anxiety or depression as a result, according to Mental Health America (MHA), a U.S. community-based nonprofit organization.
Also, more than 21,000 Americans who completed MHA’s free online mental health screening last month said they thought about suicide or self-harm on more than half of the days in May.
The numbers suggest a coming mental health epidemic, according to MHA’s president, Paul Gionfriddo.
“Our May screening numbers were unprecedented,” he said in an organization news release. “And what is most troubling is that the numbers — consistent with the numbers from the U.S. Government’s Census Bureau — demonstrate not only that there is not yet any relief from the mental health impacts of the pandemic, but that the impacts actually seem to be spreading and accelerating.”
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