Opinion: America’s mental health care system fell short for my brother. Access to that care should be a legal right for all
The year 2020 has put an exclamation point on the need for robust mental health care in the United States, first with the ongoing isolation posed by Covid-19 that is now magnified in the West by wildfires forcing everybody indoors.
Americans are being asked to take never-before-seen steps to keep themselves safe: staying at home, wearing face coverings in public, limiting social interactions and human contact, and more. These measures are necessary to slow the spread of Covid-19, but they are taking their toll on Americans’ minds.
