Behavioral Health Needs Are Largely Unmet Across the U.S.

Editor's note: This page was updated on May 24, 2024, to correct a numerical error.

Endnotes

1. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, “Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results From the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health” (2023), https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/2022-nsduh-annual-national-report.
2. Ibid.
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4. R.A. Harris, “Drug Overdose Deaths Among Non-Hispanic Black Men in the U.S.: Age-Specific Projections Through 2025,” AJPM Focus 2, no. 1 (2023).

5. F. Akkas and A. Corr, “Black Adolescent Suicide Rate Reveals Urgent Need to Address Mental Health Care Barriers,” The Pew Charitable Trusts, April 22, 2024, https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2024/04/22/black-adolescent-suicide-rate-reveals-urgent-need-to-address-mental-health-care-barriers. 
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8. M. De Witte, “Anger and Sadness Soared Following George Floyd’s Death, Particularly Among Black Americans, Stanford Psychologists Find,” Stanford News, September 20, 2021, https://news.stanford.edu/2021/09/20/psychological-toll-george-floyds-murder/.
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