407-737-2213. NOW WE’RE GOING TO GET RIGHT OVER TO NEWS 6 MORNING ANCHOR JUSTIN WARMOTH
WITH THE WEEKLY.
>> THIS IS THE WEEKLY ON
CLICKORLANDO DOT COM WITH
JUSTIN WARMOTH. GOOD MORNING.
I’M JUSTIN WARMOTH THROUGHOUT
THE PANDEMIC. THERE’S BEEN A
LOT OF ATTENTION ON NOT ONLY
PHYSICAL HEALTH.
>> BUT MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL.
THIS WEEK NONPROFIT MENTAL
HEALTH AMERICA RELEASED ITS
ANNUAL REPORT FOCUSING ON 2
AREAS. THE PREVALENCE OF
MENTAL ILLNESS AND ACCESS TO
TREATMENT. THAT REPORT FOUND
NEARLY 50 MILLION AMERICANS
ALMOST 20% ARE EXPERIENCING
SOME SORT OF MENTAL ILLNESS
AND MORE THAN HALF DO NOT
RECEIVE TREATMENT. THIS
MORNING. SCHROEDER STRIBLING
MENTAL HEALTH, AMERICA’S
PRESIDENT AND CEO IS HERE TO
BREAK DOWN THE REPORT AND
DISCUSS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN
TO ADDRESS THIS GROWING
CRISIS. WHAT STICKS OUT TO YOU
AND WHAT FACTORS
>> WERE CONSIDERED WHEN
DELIVERING THESE WELL, FIRST
OF ALL, THANKS FOR ASKING
ABOUT IT. THANKS FOR SHINING A
SPOTLIGHT ON MENTAL HEALTH,
MENTAL HEALTH. AMERICA HAS
BEEN PRODUCING THIS REPORT FOR
8 YEARS.
>> AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER
THOSE 8 YEARS IS UNFORTUNATELY
A NEGATIVE TREND IN THE 2
THINGS THAT WE’RE TRACKING AND
WE’RE TRACKING ESSENTIALLY
PREVALENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH
CONDITIONS. SO HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS,
BOTH YOUTH AND ADULTS. AND
WE’RE ALSO TRACKING ACCESS. SO
OF THOSE PEOPLE, HOW MANY
FOLKS ARE GETTING TO ACTUAL
ACCESS.
>> SO WHAT WHAT PIECES OF DATA
STICK OUT TO YOU? THAT MIGHT
BE THAT ALARMED. YOU WHAT
NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THAT REGULAR
OCCURRENCES THAT WE’RE SEEING
AND THE INCREASES YEAR OVER
YEAR. YEAH, REALLY. EXCELLENT
QUESTIONS. AND ONE IMPORTANT
FRAMING POINT ABOUT OUR REPORT
IS IT IS ACTUALLY A SNAPSHOT
FROM 2019.
>> THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
NOTE BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT
WE HAVE NOT RECORDED THE DATA
FROM THESE YEARS AND 2020
2021. WHERE WE KNOW THAT
PICTURE WILL BE THE WORST. SO
WITH THAT IN MIND, WE’RE
ALREADY ALARMED AT WHAT 2019
LOOKS LIKE AND THIS TREND THAT
WE’VE BEEN WATCHING FOR YEARS
WHEN WE LOOK AT PREVALENCE AN
ADULT NOW HELP YOU SEE IN 2019
THAT 50 MILLION AMERICANS
ADULTS OR EXPERIENCING A
MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION DURING
THAT YEAR. ALSO FOR YOUTH,
THAT 10% OF YOUTH IN GENERAL
15% OF YOUTH IN COLOR. OF
YOUTH OF COLOR, OF IN THOSE
GROUPS, ABOUT LESS THAN HALF
OF THE ADULTS WHO NEED
SERVICES FOR MENTAL HEALTH
CONDITION OR RECEIVING THEM
AND ONLY ABOUT AND 60% OF US
ARE NOT RECEIVING SERVICES. SO
IN FLORIDA. ACCORDING TO THE
RANKINGS, WE’RE 49 ACCESS TO
CARE. AND THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE
TALKING ABOUT. WHAT IS ACCESS
TO CARE LOOK LIKE AND
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE
CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHERE WE’RE
GOING, WHAT NEEDS TO BE
ADDRESSED. GREAT QUESTION.
ACCESS TO CARE REPRESENTS A
RANGE OF DIFFERENT THINGS
EVENT. HOWEVER YOU GET FROM
YOUR NEEDS TO THE PROVIDER AND
THE SERVICES THAT YOU WANT. SO
THAT COULD BE HAVING INSURANCE
AT ALL. IT COULD BE HAVING
ADEQUATE INSURANCE COULD BE
HAVING INSURANCE THAT COVERS
MENTAL HEALTH AND PRIMARY
HEALTH CARE IN PARITY, WHICH
IS THE LAW, BUT SOMETIMES NOT
ENFORCED. BUT IT COULD ALSO BE
THINGS LIKE HAVING A PARENT
WHO CAN TAKE THE TIME OFF SO
THEY CAN TAKE YOU FROM SCHOOL
TO MENTAL HEALTH APPOINTMENT
OR IT COULD BE IF YOU NEED TO
USE IT, TELE HEALTH OPTION. IF
YOU’RE IN A RURAL AREA HAVING
THE OPTION, BUT ALSO HAVING
THE BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT SUPPORTS SO ACCESS IS A
LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT STATES HAVE
REALLY DOES IMPROVE ACCESS IS
THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAID WE
KNOW THAT THAT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE IN HOW MANY PEOPLE
GET TO TREATMENT. THAT’S NOT
SOMETHING THAT FLORIDA HAS
DONE YET. SO THAT MIGHT BE
SOMETHING AFFECTS THE ACCESS
RATING. YOU MENTION NEARLY
50 MILLION AMERICANS ABOUT 20%
ARE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL
ILLNESS. WHAT ABOUT LIKE THE
UNDIAGNOSED OTHERS WHO? NOT
KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SOME SORT
OF MENTAL ILLNESS GOING ON.
AND THEY’RE JUST LIVING THEIR
LIVES.
>> PART OF IT DEPENDS GIVING
SOMEONE DISTRESS RIGHT, THAT
AND IS IT DISRUPTING THEIR
FUNCTIONING IN SOME WAY WITHIN
THEIR FAMILY OR THEIR
EMPLOYMENT, ON THE PRESUMPTION
THAT IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE RECOMMEND IS IF PEOPLE
HAVE ANY CONCERNS THAT THEIR
MENTAL HEALTH, THAT NOT TO
GUESS ABOUT IT. BUT TO CHECK.
AND WE HAVE WAYS OF THROUGH
MENTAL HEALTH. AMERICAN PEOPLE
CAN USE OUR FREE ONLINE,
CONFIDENTIAL SCREENING PROGRAM
OVER THESE PAST 2 YEARS DURING
THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE SEEN IN
OVER 600% INCREASE IN THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE USING THAT
PROGRAM CAN SCREEN YOURSELF
FOR DEPRESSION OR ANXIETY,
THOUGHTS OF SELF-HARM OR
SUICIDE. THAT’S A FIRST STEP
FOR MANY FOLKS WHO MAY BE, AS
YOU SAY, UNDIAGNOSED ARE
UNCERTAIN ABOUT WHAT’S GOING
ON THERE. THERE STILL IS. I
THINK IT’S GETTING BETTER, BUT
YOU WOULD KNOW BETTER THAN ME.
THERE IS STILL A STIGMA
SURROUNDING MENTAL HEALTH
>> WHETHER IT’S SOMEONE MIGHT
JUST BE ASHAMED TO ADMIT THAT
THEY’RE NOT THEY’RE THEY’RE
THEY’RE HAVING. THEY’RE HAVING
TROUBLE ADDRESSING THE STIGMA.
HOW BIG OF A PRIORITY IS THAT
FOR YOU AND WHAT YOU DO? IT’S
FUNDAMENTAL AND I’M SO GLAD
THAT YOU RAISED IT. IT REALLY
UNDERLIES EVERYTHING THAT IF
WE CAN MAKE ADVANCES AGAINST A
WE WILL THAT WILL HELP US MAKE
ADVANCES IN MENTAL OVERALL
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WE’RE REALLY FOCUSED ON HERE
IS ENSURING THAT THAT’S PART
OF OF ALL OF OUR ADVOCACY
EFFORTS THAT ADDRESSING THE
BIAS THAT HAS NATURALLY BEEN
BAKED INTO MENTAL ILLNESS. WE
KNOW THAT WE ALL HAVE MENTAL
HEALTH JUST LIKE WE ALL HAVE
HEALTH.
>> 5 IN 5 OF US HAVE MENTAL
HEALTH.
>> BY
>> OVERALL STATISTICS OVER THE
COURSE OF OUR LIFETIME, MOST
OF US WILL BE AFFECTED EITHER
DIRECTLY BY A MENTAL HEALTH
CONDITION. I WILL LOVE SOMEONE
CLOSE TO US. HIS AFFECTED BY
MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION. SO IT
IS IT IS PERSONAL FOR ALL OF I
SEE HOPE THIS YEAR THAT
THERE’S MUCH MORE PUBLIC
CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL
HEALTH JUST LIKE WE’RE HAVING
RIGHT NOW. I SAY NUMBER OF
ATHLETES COME OUT AND AND AND
SAY THAT IT’S OK NOT TO BE
OKAY AND IT RESTS WHAT THEY’RE
GOING THROUGH AND WHAT THE
PANDEMIC HAS REALLY DONE. BUT
OKAY, I THINK THAT’S REALLY
OPENED A LOT OF EYES, WHETHER
IT’S SELF REFLECTION OR YOU
SEE AROUND YOU. IT’S
EXACERBATED THIS MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS THAT THE COUNTRY IS
FACING RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. REALLY.
EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS PRICES,
SOCIAL ISOLATION HAS A
PROFOUND EFFECT ON YOUR MONTHS
AND THAT SO MUCH OF WHAT WE’VE
BEEN GOING THROUGH. SO WE KNOW
THE RATES OF DEPRESSION,
ANXIETY, SUICIDE AUDI, WHICH
IS UNFORTUNATELY BEEN ON THE
RISE IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE
2000, 11.
>> IS THAT THESE ARE THINGS
THAT WE’RE ALL GREATLY
CONCERNED DURING THESE
PANDEMIC YEARS. AND OUR BEST.
WAY TO ADDRESS THIS AND TO BE
PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THESE
CHALLENGES IS TO IMPROVE
ACCESS SO THAT WE GET PEOPLE
AS MANY IN THE DIRECTLY
CONNECTED TO THE RESOURCES AND
HELP THEY NEED AS POSSIBLE.
AND THE DATA IS EVEN WORSE FOR
CHILDREN. IN FACT, EARLIER
THIS WEEK, PEDIATRIC GROUPS
DECLARED A NATIONAL EMERGENCY
AND YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH.
>> WE’LL DISCUSS THAT AND MUCH
MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS. STAY
WITH US.
>> THIS IS THE WEEKLY ON CLICKORLANDO DOT COM WITH JUSTIN WARMOTH. WELCOME BACK.
THIS WEEK, MENTAL HEALTH
AMERICA RELEASED ITS ANNUAL
REPORT ILLUMINATING THIS
CONTINUING CRISIS IN THE
PREVALENCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
>> AND LACK OF ACCESS TO
SERVICE. THE FINDINGS WERE
EVEN MORE TROUBLING FOR OUR
NATION’S YOUTH. NEARLY ONE IN
5 KIDS BETWEEN 12 AND 17
EXPERIENCED A MAJOR DEPRESSIVE
EPISODE. MORE THAN 60% DON’T
GET TREATMENT. PEDIATRICIANS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY DECLARING A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY, SOMETHING
MENTAL HEALTH. AMERICA CEO
SCHROEDER STRIBLING SAYS NEEDS
TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY.
>> WHAT ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE? WE
BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON ON THEM ON
FOLLOWING YOUR REPORT. THERE
WAS ANOTHER REPORT FROM
PEDIATRICIANS, AMERICAN
PEDIATRICIAN SAYING THAT THIS
IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY. WHAT
THEY’RE SAYING, THIS IS A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY HOW DO
THEIR TRIGGERS DIFFER FROM
ADULTS WHO ARE THERE TO SAY?
I’M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT
UP. THAT WAS A REALLY
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
YESTERDAY BY THE AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS THAT WE
ARE IN A STATE OF MENTAL
HEALTH EMERGENCY FOR FOR
CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTRY.
>> FOR CHILDREN, THIS HAS BEEN
AN ABSOLUTE FOR YOU. THIS HAS
BEEN A DEVASTATING TIME. AND
WHAT I MENTIONED BEFORE ARE
SCREENING PROGRAM AND THE
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
COMING TO SCREAM THEMSELVES
ABOUT 3 QUARTERS OF DOESN’T
BEEN YOUTH. SO WE HAVE CLOSE
TO ABOUT 5 MILLION IN THE LAST
COUPLE YEARS. COMMON SCREEN
THEMSELVES FOR ANXIETY,
DEPRESSION, THOUGHTS OF
SELF-HARM AND SUICIDE. I
PERSONALLY HAVE FRIENDS WITH
TEENAGE KIDS. IT’S JUST AND
NORMA SLEEP. DIFFICULT TIME.
THEY’VE MISSED DEVELOPMENTAL
MILESTONES, ET CETERA. SO I
THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALLY
PREPARED TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH
AS WE GO FORWARD I WANTED THIS
It’s not just pizza, IS IT, I TO FULL QUESTION HERE
AND THEY’RE KIND OF OPPOSITE
ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM. BUT
>> LET’S START WITH IF IF
SOMETHING, IF IF WE DON’T COME
TOGETHER, IF IF LEGISLATION
ISN’T PASSED, IF THERE’S NOT
MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL
HEALTH IN THIS COUNTRY, WHAT
CONCERNS YOU THE MOVING
FORWARD IN THE NEXT 5.10,
YEARS.
>> NOW, HOPE IS REALLY
FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR AMERICAN
RECOVERY. OVERALL IS HOW I.
>> THINK OF THIS THAT IT
EFFECTS ALL OF OUR
FUNCTIONING, BUT IN OUR FAMILY
AND OUR EMPLOYMENT.
>> IN OUR CIVIL ENGAGEMENT.
>> THE THIS IS THE CENTRAL
U.S. SOMETHING ESSENTIAL FOR
US TO ADDRESS ADDRESS FOR OUR
AMERICAN RECOVERY. WE MAY HAVE
HAD A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS
IN THIS COUNTRY, MENTAL HEALTH
CONDITIONS, SUBSTANCE USE
CONDITIONS FOR MANY YEARS.
>> AND IT’S IMPORTANT NOW,
ESPECIALLY NOW AS WE’RE SEEING
SOME INNOVATION IN THE FIELD
AND HOPEFULNESS ABOUT NEW WAYS
OF APPROACHING SOME OF THESE
THINGS. SO IT’S SOMETHING THAT
WE CAN’T AFFORD TO. AND ARE.
WE CAN’T UNDERESTIMATE THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS THAT OUR
HEALTH AND OUR MENTAL HEALTH
REALLY ARE ONE THING AND GETS
BACK TO STIGMA. WE HAVE TO
REMOVE THAT FALSE DICHOTOMY.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS OUR
HEALTH AND WE HAVE TO TAKE IT
THAT SERIOUSLY. HOW MUCH OF A
FACTOR TO SOCIAL MEDIA PLAY IN
THE USE DON’T HAVE TO BE YOUTH
EITHER. I MEAN, WE ALL HAVE
SOCIAL MEDIA. WE ALL SEE WHAT
OTHERS ARE DOING, HOW THEY
LOOK AT HOW MUCH IS THAT
PLAYING RULE AND WHAT YOU’VE
BEEN SEEING?
>> WELL, AS WE LOOK AT WHAT’S
HAPPENED, THE YOUTH MENTAL
HEALTH OVER THE PAST DECADE, I
THINK NONE OF US CAN ESCAPE
THE CONCLUSION THAT SOCIAL
MEDIA HAS HAD SOME DELETERIOUS
EFFECTS FOR OUR YOUTH. WHAT
WE’RE ALSO WONDERING ABOUT AND
HOPING ABOUT IS THAT THERE
MIGHT BE WAYS THAT WE CAN. OF
SOCIAL MEDIA SO THAT THEY CAN
BE SUPPORTIVE OF YOUTH, MENTAL
HEALTH. I THINK THE JURY’S
STILL OUT ON THAT. IT’S GOING
TO TAKE SOME TIME TO FIGURE
OUT. BUT ALL OF US IT IN
NEGOTIATING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
AND WORLDS IN WHICH WE ARE
CONNECTED AND DISCONNECTED IN
SO MANY WAYS. I THINK.
PROBABLY HAS SOME POSITIVE
EFFECT, BUT DEFINITELY HAS A
NEGATIVE EFFECT. WILL.
>> WHAT ARE YOU OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT? THIS GOES BACK TO THE
PREVIOUS QUESTION 2 WHAT ARE
YOU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT? AND THIS
ADDRESS IN THIS CRISIS THAT WE
ARE FACING COUNTRY?
>> WELL, THE FORCE AND IT
MAKES ME OPTIMISTIC ARE PEOPLE
LIKE YOU AND STATIONS LIKE
YOURS AND PLACES THAT ARE
INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT
THIS? I THINK THAT’S THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING THAT WE CAN DO
RIGHT NOW IS TO SPEAK OPENLY
ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. THE MORE
WE TALK ABOUT IT, THE MORE WE
WILL DISSOLVE THE STIGMA
AROUND IT, THE MORE WILL BE
ABLE TO MAKE ADVANCES THAT
HELP US ALL AS WE APPROACH
THIS RECOVERY. SO I AM GREATLY
ENCOURAGED TO SEE THE DEGREE
OF INTEREST IN REPORTS LIKE
THIS. AND IN AN OPEN DIALOGUE
LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, I’M
SOMEONE MIGHT BE WATCHING THIS
AND HE DID TOUCH ON AND
THEY’RE THEY’RE STRUGGLING
RIGHT
>> IF YOU HAVE SOME WORDS FOR
BUT ENCOURAGE MEANT FOR WHAT
WOULD THEY BE IN ON TOP OF
THAT? WHAT SHOULD BE THEIR
NEXT GOAL? IS THERE SOMETHING
THEY CAN DO IT HOME TO MAYBE
IMPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH OR
DO YOU THINK IT’S BEST TO
REACH OUT TO A TO A
PROFESSIONAL?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD
I WOULD SAY TO ANYBODY WHO’S
LISTENING AND IS STRUGGLING IS
THAT YOU’RE NOT ALONG. YOU ARE
NOT ALONE. MANY OF US HAVE
FELT THE EFFECTS OF BEST I
MYSELF AND FELT THE EFFECTS OF
THIS TIME. WE ARE IN THIS
TOGETHER. AND SECOND THING, I
WOULD SAY THAT ANYONE WHO IS
STRUGGLING IS THAT YOU’RE
WORTHY OF HELP AND HELP US OUT
THERE. SO THERE ARE WAYS THAT
PEOPLE CAN CONNECT. WE DO
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OPTIONS NOW THAT PEOPLE CAN
REACH OUT TO AND PEOPLE HAVE A
PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER THAT
THEY TRUST, THAT THEY CAN ALSO
REJECTED THEM TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT’S GOING ON. BECAUSE ON
TOP OF THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED,
SO MANY AND THEY JUST SIMPLY
CAN’T AFFORD IT. SO UNTIL
SOMETHING IS POSSIBLE,
MEDICAID EXPANSION, IT’S
TRUCK. IT IS THERE ANYTHING I
HATE TO USE THE WORD HOME
REMEDY? BUT LIKE WHAT CAN THEY
TO HELP THEMSELVES OUT? WELL,
THAT THAT’S ACTUALLY A GOOD
WORD IS SORT OF THIS, THIS
HOME FOR SAYING THAT YOU CAN
DO IS CONNECT WITH A FRIEND OR
SOMEBODY THAT YOU TRUST AND
TALK ABOUT WHAT’S GOING IF
WEATHER THAT SEAT, WHO
WHOMEVER THAT IS TO REACH OUT
TO SOMEONE, TELL THEM WHAT IT
IS GOING ON FOR YOU. I THINK
THAT’S PROBABLY THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING. I WOULD ALSO
ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS
YEAR THERE WE ARE ROLLING OUT
A NEW MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
PROGRAM IN THIS COUNTRY CALLED
9, 8, 8,
>> YOU CAN THINK OF IT IS
SIMILAR TO THE ARE 911,
PROGRAM. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT
ALL ADVOCATES CAN GET ENGAGED
IN AND IT SHOULD HELP FOR
PEOPLE THAT TYPE OF PEOPLE
THAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT WHO
ARE IN CRISIS RIGHT NOW.
>> AND MY THANKS TO SCHROEDER
STRIBLING FOR HER TIME THIS
WEEK. IF YOU’D LIKE TO READ
THE FULL REPORT FROM MENTAL
HEALTH, AMERICA AND TO FIND
RESOURCES FOR YOU OR SOMEONE,
YOU KNOW, JUST HEAD TO CLICK.
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I’M JUSTIN WARMOTH.
>> WE’LL GET GREAT SUNDAY.