What Are So-Called Deaths of Despair? Experts Say They’re on the Rise

If we had easier and more affordable access to high-quality, evidence-based physical and mental health care, many, many fewer people would die, Jeremiah Goulka, a researcher and senior fellow at Northeastern Law’s Health in Justice Action Lab, tells Newsweek. “And it would also reduce the stigma toward seeking treatment for a lot of the problems that fall into the bucket of deaths of despair.”