Fri Apr 22, 2022 – 11:15 am EDT STORY AT-A-GLANCE The United States is facing a mental health crisis, experts say, noting we’re in dire need of more mental health professionals Nearly 1 in 3 — 27.3% — of American adults now struggle with depression and/or anxiety This is the price society is paying for ill-conceived, irrational pandemic measures and nonstop fearmongering To treat everyone, each of the 33,000 practicing psychiatrists in the U.S. would have to see approximately 3,000 patients a year — a patient load that simply isn’t feasible Those of us who have not succumbed to irrational fear (or worked our way out of it) can act as a lifeline to others by sharing information that empowers rather than enforces fear, and by being role models in the way we live our lives
(Mercola) – The United States is facing a mental health crisis, experts say, noting we’re in dire need of more mental health professionals. Christin Drake, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, writes:
“Every day, people call my office looking for help: A loved one has not left their bed in a week. A father
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