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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 24, 2021

Symptoms of depression and anxiety in Tennessee spiked following surges in COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to a new report from The Sycamore Institute. The report, which highlights the pandemic's widespread impact on mental health in Tennessee, found that the state saw overdose deaths increase by 44% in 2020. And though adults in the state fared better than the national average on many mental health factors, the state was higher than average when it came to deaths tied to mental health problems. The institute's policy director tells Axios that those contradictory findings might suggest a need to identify mental health issues before they become deadly.