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The Hill event examines increasing mental health, SUD issues amid COVID‐19
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32846
Subject(s) - mental health , covid-19 , pandemic , addiction , psychiatry , caucus , task force , heroin , medicine , psychology , criminology , political science , virology , public administration , drug , law , disease , pathology , politics , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
For every suicide in this country, there are at least 29 attempts. Heroin addiction and overdose deaths have been on the rise since the pandemic began, which is not a coincidence, given that many people are using drugs as a way of self‐medicating to mask mental health issues. These observations by the co‐chair of the Mental Health Caucus and its Suicide Prevention Task Force were heard during a livestreamed event last week led by The Hill and sponsored by The Hartford.