>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 fa

>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/