The Washington Post (3/6, A1, Bernstein) reports, “It has been difficult to find mental health counseling in much of the United States for years, long before the coronavirus pandemic began.” But now, “after two years of unrelenting stress, turmoil and grief, many people seeking help are confronting a system at or beyond capacity, its inadequacy for this moment plainly exposed.” It “is even more difficult to find specialized care for children or those with lower income.” The Post adds, “People who might never have sought therapy are now more willing to consider it in the wake of the pandemic, led by a younger generation that sees less stigma in acknowledging mental illness, said” American Psychiatric Association CEO and Medical Director Saul Levin, MD, MPA. Dr. Levin said, “People have been accessing mental health care a lot more now because of covid.”
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