American Wasteland
The Most Urgent Challenge for America is Its Poorly Hidden Mental Health Crisis
Luchte, James
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/06/08/american-wasteland-the-most-urgent-challenge-for-america-is-its-poorly-hidden-mental-health-crisis
Date Written: 2016-06-08
Year Published: 2016
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX19520
Hearing the phrase "mental health crisis," one may think of the epidemic of mass shootings plaguing the country since the Reagan era. Or, images may erupt of home grown terrorist attacks or the plunge toward right-wing extremism in contemporary politics. Yet, suicide outranks both homicides and car accidents as the number one killer of our fellow citizens.
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