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Study shows more US residents struggling with mental health
Read full article: Study shows more US residents struggling with mental healthA new report is revealing just how deeply American’s mental health has been impacted and the challenges many will be facing for years to come. “Americans are still reporting significantly high levels of stress related to the pandemic itself,” said Dr. Vaile Wright with the American Psychological Association. The poll also found several groups -- essential workers, communities of color and parents -- were more likely to report negative physical and mental impacts. “We’re going to have to figure out a different way of approaching these groups and supporting them,” Wright said. READ: More mental health coverage
Blaming mass shootings on mental illness is 'inaccurate' and 'stigmatizing,' experts say
Read full article: Blaming mass shootings on mental illness is 'inaccurate' and 'stigmatizing,' experts sayCalling every mass shooting a mental health problem is "inaccurate and it's stigmatizing," said Arthur Evans, chief executive officer of the American Psychological Association. About 1 in 5 adults in the United States, or 46.6 million, experience mental illness in a given year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. It's estimated that less than 5% of shootings are committed by people with a diagnosable mental illness, Post said. "Mental health definitely has a role in gun shootings and that's mostly people who are depressed and kill themselves however, not mass shootings," she said. Stigma can be a harmful result of routinely blaming mass shootings on mental illness, Rosie Phillips Davis, president of the American Psychological Association, said in a written statement after the shootings.