Addressing the Mental Health Crisis: The COVID-19 Pandemic's Escalating Impact on Behavioral Health

Abstract

Jared Young, PsyD, CAADC, LCSW, CCM, is the 2021–2022 Chair of the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC), the first and largest nationally accredited organization that certifies more than 50,000 professional case managers and disability management specialists with its CCM and CDMS credentials. He is the founder and practitioner of an outpatient behavioral health practice in Camp Hill, PA, and has more than 20 years of clinical experience in mental health and substance abuse treatment, and behavioral health and physical health managed care. Address correspondence to Jared Young, PsyD, CAADC, LCSW, CCM, Commission for Case Manager Certification, 1120 Route 73, Ste 200, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 ([email protected]). The author reports no conflict of interest.