WASHINGTON- President Biden's pick for surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, vowed to focus on the mental health aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic if confirmed. He told CBS the US is facing a deeply concerning increase in mental illness through the past year. He would like to see increased insurance for mental health care and to integrate mental health care into primary care.

People around the world have had trouble coping with social distancing and lockdowns. The death toll in the United States can also lend to people's deteriorating mental health.

“I think that we will be learning over the years ahead just how deeply this pandemic has affected our children,” Murthy said. “We’ve got to study what’s happening to our kids so that we can build the right strategies to ultimately address the fallout that the pandemic has created for our children.”

There has also been a 93% increase in people searching out mental health screenings.

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