Hannah Zeavin on Mental Healthcare in the Washington Post
Hannah Zeavin penned an article for the Washington Post, titled "The U.S. has never tried a comprehensive approach to mental health care." The pandemic worsened mental health problems, but solutions have long been elusive, wrote Hannah, as she explored the history of mental healthcare in the US and the devastating impacts ignoring this has had on our communities.
From the article:
More than 600,000 Americans are dead from covid-19. This incalculable loss of human life and the many other stressors imposed by the pandemic have left mental health as fragile as bodies and economic well-being — and just as deserving of robust care.
Yet, alarmingly, people are actually accessing mental health services less than in the pre-pandemic period.
Read the full article here.
Hannah recently published "The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy" (August 2021, MIT Press). You can check out the book here!