The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Behavioral Health in Indiana

Abstract

The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a novel, highly contagious virus called SARS-CoV-2. The first cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, China, in December of 2019, but the disease quickly spread to other parts of the world. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. As of January 2021, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center has confirmed more than 20 million SARS-CoV-2 cases and over 350,000 deaths in the United States alone and 100 million cases and more than 2 million deaths globally.