THE PROVIDERS
BY GAYLE GIESE, PRESIDENT, FLORIDA MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY COALITION @FLMHAC
Annual U.S. deaths from drug overdoses are around 80,000 people, and 48,000 die by suicide each year. Two million times a year, people with mental illnesses are booked into U.S. jails that hold many more people than our psychiatric hospitals.
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THE WELL OF PBC / FEB ISSUE 2022
