Progress made with mental health deaths likely undone by pandemic
By: Scripps National
and last updated 2021-05-27 16:15:13-04
Experts say progress made in 2019 in the area of mental health deaths was likely undone by the pandemic.
âThe increase in terms of alcohol, drugs and suicide may have to do as well with the pressures people are experiencing in their lives,â said John Auerbach, President and CEO of Trust for America s Health, a nonpartisan nonprofit.
Trust for America s Health found increasing deaths due to drug and alcohol use, but a slight drop in suicide deaths in 2019. But preliminary data from during the pandemic suggests all that will increase.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee is set to hold a virtual hearing on “A Shot at Normalcy: Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence.” The event is scheduled for Wednesday at 11 a.m.
The Health 202: Feds supercharged public health. Now the challenge is wisely spending it. Dan Diamond After pleading poverty for years, public health has collected a coronavirus-related windfall.
Now officials have a new challenge: responsibly spend the money while convincing Congress to set aside funds for future priorities too. I m worried that we will think this is the end of investing in public health, said Dara Lieberman, director of government relations at Trust for America s Health, an organization dedicated to boosting community health. Hundreds of billions of dollars flowed into public health in 2020. Lawmakers greenlit historic stimulus packages in the rush to beat back the pandemic.
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