The state of mental health is in crisis. Mental illness and distress strike one in five American adults. At the same time, nearly all of the inpatient infrastructure for behavioral and mental health services that existed 50 years ago has been taken offline, and psychiatrists are in severe undersupply across much of the country. Join L.E.K.’s Matt Sabbatino as he explains the relationship between mental and physical health, the spillover effects on society, and the public-private imperative to address a challenge too serious to be ignored.

 

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