The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a 25% increase in the prevalence of mental disorders, particularly anxiety and depression worldwide, according to a 2022 World Health Organization (WHO) report. explanations given for this increase included unexpected levels of stress caused by social isolation during the pandemic. Additionally, limitations in people’s ability to work and seek …
Three teenage girls have died after major lapses in the care they received from NHS mental health services in the North East of England, an independent inquest has found. The “multifaceted and systemic” failures of the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys (TEWV) NHS trust contributed to self-inflicted deaths of young women within eight months of …
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What the GAO found Behavioral health issues – mental health and substance abuse disorders – affect millions of people in the United States. For example, in 2020, approximately 53 million adults suffered from a mental illness, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Access to treatment for behavioral health problems depends, …
