Need for mental health services in New Hampshire grows amid pandemic
Providers try to meet demand for services Share Updated: 6:41 PM EST Mar 11, 2021
Providers try to meet demand for services Share Updated: 6:41 PM EST Mar 11, 2021
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Show Transcript BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS TRY TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND. WMUR’S KRISTEN CAROSA HAS MORE ON THEIR CONTINUED CONCERNS. NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH A SHORTAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE THE PROBLEM WORSE. NOW WE ARE IN THIS PLACE WHERE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE SATURATING THE SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO, WHETHER THE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM, PRIVATE PROVIDERS ARE STRUGGLING TO MEET THE NEED. NOT ONLY ARE THERE MORE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP, MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED TOO. THE WORKFORCE BECAME EVEN MORE CHALLENGING AS PEOPLE POTENTIALLY NEEDED TO LEAVE BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO BE HOME WITH CHILDREN. IT’S SOME