COVID Despair

According to the Well Being Trust, a national foundation created to "transform the health of the nation and improve well-being for everyone," many Americans could lose their lives to suicide, alcohol, and drug abuse in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. In a recent report based on best- and worst-case scenarios relative to economic recovery, unemployment, and geography, predictions for "deaths of despair" could be in the hundreds of thousands if we, as a nation, fail to take meaningful and comprehensive action.

Empower yourself by taking action to preserve your own mental health in this time of extraordinary challenge.If you are feeling overwhelmed with emotions such as dispair, depression, anxiety, or feel like you want to harm yourself or someone else, call 911 or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255).