joining us. is the us facing a mental health crisis? the joining us. is the us facing a mental health crisis? the us has been facing mental health crisis? the us has been facing a mental health crisis? the us has been facing a crisis mental health crisis? the us has been facing a crisis for mental health crisis? the us has been facing a crisis for quite - mental health crisis? the us has. been facing a crisis for quite some time even prior to the covid 19 pandemic. we saw a rates of depression and anxiety increased, but the most challenging thing was that people were not able to access various mental health supports due to financial constraints but also due to the shortage that was in place with psychiatrists and therapists who were available. and so given the fact that the pandemic was emotionally challenging for so many faults, also the social and political climate that many people in america were facing in a number of other challenges, it certainly has made it such
donald trump is put on notice by a judge about what he can post on social media about his upcoming trial. the uk economy grew ever so slightly in the second quarter of the year but is it a sign that things are turning around, or was itjust a consequence of some summer sunshine? and to fly or not to fly? a bbc investigation has revealed that rishi sunak has been using raf jets and helicopters as much as once a week during his first seven months in office. more than the uk s previous three prime ministers. first, let s focus in on the situation in hawaii. the death toll from wildfires there has risen to 55. but hundreds more are stll missing on the island of maui, and it s feared that the number of dead could still rise significantly. the historic seaside town of lahaina has been almost completely burned to the ground. officials say it will take years to recover from the fires, which were fanned by the winds of a hurricane. my colleague mishal husain has more on the scale of
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With nearly a million appointments and procedures expected to be postponed or cancelled. first, government data from the united states shows that 49,500 people took their own lives in 2022, the highest number ever recorded. the figures from the centers for disease control and prevention say half the suicides involved firearms. the biggest increases were in older adults. deaths for those over 65 increased by more than 8%. a statement from the us health secretary said the data illustrated why many americans believed the us was facing a mental health crisis. let s speak to dr christine crawford, associate medical director at the us charity the national alliance on mental illness. doctor crawford, thank you for
president obama s finance committee. is it officially a lost decade for the middle class? it s certainly a lost opportunity. we ve lost ground. and middle class americans are really suffering. the top end has done well though. that s where you get this whole political narrative that the middle is suffering at the expense of the top. the what s happening right now is we re seeing a transformation or a dramatic change in our economy. we ve gone from a manufacturing oriented economy in terms of middle class job opportunities, those jobs are now lost. many of them are lost overseas and so now, our economy is paying for intellectual property and ideas. so we re going to be a much more educated economy and the jobs that are going to be created are going to require a greater level of education. that s happening faster than american families can transiti n transition. don wrote the september cover story, can the middle class be saved. we certainly hope the answer is yes. bu