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GUEST EDITORIAL: We need a new model for mental health [heraldtribune.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 7/28/201:43 PM

By Andrea Blanch, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, July 27, 2020

People are really stressed out right now. A recent national survey reports that “serious psychological distress” — the kind that can lead to longer-term psychiatric disorders — has more than tripled since this time last year.

We are already seeing the consequences in Sarasota County, with the number of opioid-related deaths in the first half of 2020 more than double the number in all of 2019. And based on experience with SARS, experts predict a surge in suicide, particularly among the elderly.

It is hardly surprising that our mental health is suffering: soSial isolation, job loss, economic insecurity, fear about loved ones, and uncertainty about the future are all risk factors for poor mental health. It would be nice to think that once the pandemic is over, we will all go back to “normal.” But research suggests otherwise.

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