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The Coved Pandemic - What Are the Key Drivers Behind It?
Mental health can't really be separated from our greater physical and more holistic states of well being. We are seeing higher levels of mental distruss than any other time in history, especially anxiety and depression. There's a 90 % increase, i believe, in levels of anxiety amongst the american population compared to prior to the covet pandemic. So one of the other important issues that this brings up is whether or not we are tending to overly medicalized mental states to day. And my goal here is not to say that we should not be providing diagnoses when they are helpful. It's just to also be aware of the tiality for medicalization to play a role in those