Joseph Betancourt, president at the Commonwealth Fund, explained on the call. 'There’s no doubt that mental health has been underfunded for decades,' Dr. More than 106,000 individuals died from a drug overdose in 2021, a 16.2% uptick from 2020. Cost was cited as the primary barrier among adults not receiving care.ĭrug overdoses are also still a significant problem in the US. A 2020 federal survey from Mental Health America found that 60% of adolescents between the ages of 12-17 who had a major depressive episode did not get any treatment, while 55% of adults with mental illness reported the same. The numbers are troubling for both adolescents and adults.
