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The word "crisis" is overused. It is supposed to refer an urgent problem, not a chronic one such as the prevalence of mental illness.

incomingpain 4y ago
>The word "crisis" is overused. It is supposed to refer an urgent problem, not a chronic one such as the prevalence of mental illness. I feel like crisis is fair here. The 90% figure is quite shocking of a number until you realize it's CNN. It's not news though. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7013e2.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7013e2.htm Everyone knew lockdowns would cause this situation. The big question is how to deal with it. If you were emperor of your country, ordering or making mental health support free may be a long term excellent choice but there isn't the ability to handle it. There are not enough professionals to handle the demand. Even prior to covid, we had mental health awareness campaigns with significant consequences in convincing people they have mental health issues when they in reality did not. So the already scarce resource was already stretched beyond the limit. So we have reached a crisis point where people aren't able to get the help they need: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2847360/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2847360/
- autoexec 4y ago
  > Everyone knew lockdowns would cause this situation. Lockdowns didn't help, but they were just a small part of a very large collection of stressors covid brought the world which itself was just a small part of a larger ongoing breakdown of systems people have come to depend on for generations. Even if covid hadn't happened we'd be facing a mental health crisis right now.
throwaway743 4y ago
Word. They're using it to catch eyes for ads. Just like they do with "breaking news". It's overkill.
amanaplanacanal 4y ago
I think the crisis is not just the prevalence of mental illness, but the paucity of mental health care resources.

incomingpain 4y ago

>The word "crisis" is overused. It is supposed to refer an urgent problem, not a chronic one such as the prevalence of mental illness. I feel like crisis is fair here. The 90% figure is quite shocking of a number until you realize it's CNN. It's not news though. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7013e2.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7013e2.htm Everyone knew lockdowns would cause this situation. The big question is how to deal with it. If you were emperor of your country, ordering or making mental health support free may be a long term excellent choice but there isn't the ability to handle it. There are not enough professionals to handle the demand. Even prior to covid, we had mental health awareness campaigns with significant consequences in convincing people they have mental health issues when they in reality did not. So the already scarce resource was already stretched beyond the limit. So we have reached a crisis point where people aren't able to get the help they need: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2847360/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2847360/

autoexec 4y ago
> Everyone knew lockdowns would cause this situation. Lockdowns didn't help, but they were just a small part of a very large collection of stressors covid brought the world which itself was just a small part of a larger ongoing breakdown of systems people have come to depend on for generations. Even if covid hadn't happened we'd be facing a mental health crisis right now.

throwaway743 4y ago

Word. They're using it to catch eyes for ads. Just like they do with "breaking news". It's overkill.

amanaplanacanal 4y ago

I think the crisis is not just the prevalence of mental illness, but the paucity of mental health care resources.