Biden to announce U.S. strategy to address mental health -White House

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden will lay out a strategy to address the nation’s “unprecedented mental health crisis” in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, the White House said in a statement.

The plan aims “to strengthen system capacity, connect more Americans to care, and create a continuum of support –transforming our health and social services infrastructure to address mental health holistically and equitably,” it said.

(Reporting by Susan Heavey)