In the News: The demand for mental health services still up in San Mateo County

 Today, the Daily Journal published an article, “The demand for mental health services still up in San Mateo County,” featuring our CEO, Mark Cloutier. Mark spoke about the increase in demand for services during the pandemic. In addition, a long-time client shared experiences with her mental health during COVID-19.

“The question that remains to be answered is how long some of these negative mental health effects will last as things return to normal,” Cloutier said. “[We don’t know if] symptoms will subside, or if we are going to have a large number of people who will continue to need treatment that might be related to traumatic effects of losing loved ones or having some sort of severe experience during the pandemic.”

Please see the full article here.