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Kids have struggled with remote learning and isolation. Parents have been forced to balance child care and work-from-home responsibilities. Most people delayed routine medical screenings at some point during the past 15 months or were forced to put off serious treatments and almost everyone is dealing with stress and anxiety from the pandemic.
The toll COVID-19 has taken on behavioral health in New Jersey and nationwide is well documented. Now, some in New Jersey say it’s time for a new model in health care, one with additional mental health and substance-use support, all integrated in a single location that also provides primary care or other medical services.
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Emergency room visits for mental health and substance use increased proportionally compared to other health concerns at New Jersey hospitals for much of 2020, according to new data. And the trend was greatest among young people, with substance-use cases nearly doubling among those under age 18.
The New Jersey Hospital Association released a report Thursday that shows while emergency room visits for issues other than the coronavirus were down, the proportion of behavioral health concerns identified by doctors was higher between April and December 2020 than during the same nine-month period in 2019. New Jersey’s first COVID-19 case was reported on March 4, 2020 and close to 1 million people have been diagnosed since, including at least 25,000 who have died, according to state figures.