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How the happiest countries protect mental health

Mental health policy has gained increasingly earned attention in the last decade, and policy solutions are needed now more than ever. According to the 2016 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, the United States has the second-highest rate of self-reported emotional distress among high-income nations.

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Mental health policy has gained increasingly earned attention in the last decade, and policy solutions are needed now more than ever.

According to the 2016 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, the United States has the second-highest rate of self-reported emotional distress among high-income nations.

Read more… How the happiest countries protect mental health originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Mental health policy has gained increasingly earned attention in the last decade, and policy solutions are needed now more than ever. According to the 2016 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, the United States has the second-highest rate of self-reported emotional distress among high-income nations. Read more… How the happiest countries protect mental health originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Among high-earning adults in these countries, those in the U.S.

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