St. Mary's Co. Survey Launched to Understand the Pandemic’s Impact on Mental Health & Substance Use

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Joint Press Release:
WellCheck
St. Mary’s County Health Department

LEONARDTOWN, MD (May 17, 2022) – The St. Mary’s County Health Department (SMCHD) is assessing how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted St. Mary’s County community members’ mental health and substance use, or behavioral health.

Community members are encouraged to take this quick, anonymous survey. Aggregate data will be used to help local behavioral health providers and community organizations expand their services as needed and develop new support resources for residents.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on all of our lives in many ways,” said Dr. Meena Brewster, St. Mary’s County Health Officer. “We are thankful for our partnership with WellCheck to better understand how the past couple years have affected mental health and use of drugs within our community. This information will help us work with our local partners to build the treatment services and support resources our community members may need to recover.”

”We passionately support the St. Mary’s County Health Department’s efforts to assess the ever changing impacts the pandemic has had on mental health and substance abuse in their community,” said Mr. Christopher Nickerson, CEO of WellCheck. “The WellCheck anonymous survey tool will assist in providing valuable insights for the Health Department.”

For more information on healthy coping skills and resources, please visit smchd.org/covid-19-coping.

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[my-thyme]

If I could print this out so it could truly be anonymous, I'd fill it out in a heartbeat and tell them how stupid they were.

And I'd print hundreds of them, and I'd put them, along with preaddressed stamped envelopes, on the counter at small businesses all across our county. I'm sure most of their customers would have an opinion.

 

[TPD]

Well She hired all these extra people during Covid and like any good government agency she cannot fire them now so come up with new programs to keep them employed - Surveys to determine which departments to expand on now.