With a shift in population dynamics comes the need to shift how we tackle the mental health crisis America is facing today. Mental disorders are among the top most costly health conditions for adults 18 to 64 in the U.S., along with cancer and trauma-related disorders, according to APA. This compounding effect of population shift and lower utilization rates, ultimately has an impact on healthcare cost and economic factors for all.
According to the American Psychiatry Association (APA), among adults with any mental illness, 48% of whites received mental health services, compared with 31% of blacks and Hispanics, and 22% of Asians. This shift in the population becomes increasingly concerning given people from racial/diverse groups are less likely to receive mental health care. This is particularly critical as today’s population in America is 40% diverse and it is set to become majority-minority by 2040. While millions of dollars are invested in public health campaigns and advertising, limited resources are allocated to carefully understand and identify cultural similarities and differences among diverse populations. Minimum efforts are dedicated to exploring and testing how individuals from each culture can be better persuaded to modify their lifestyles, prevent disease, or opportunely seek medical advice. It is common to see general population-oriented campaigns simply translated into other languages with the hope that they will contribute to reducing disparity. In addition to a more depressed and anxious population, the Psychology and Psychiatry associations have underlined a concerning 33% increase in the suicide rate between 1999 through 2017. adults are suffering from major depression, or about 7.9% Adult Non-Hispanic whites, 5.4% of African Americans, 5.4% of Hispanics and 4.4% of Asians. Simultaneously, more than 18 million U.S. Close to 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 live with an anxiety condition that interferes with their daily activities, impacts their job or school performance and even affects their personal relationships. We live in a time when almost 20% of U.S.
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