Mental Health Crisis Poll Shows Americans Want Leaders to Do More

Another nationwide poll reveals the same facts that people perceive personally, the mental health crisis of the USA is still going on and trust in leaders solving it is very low. Approximately one, fifth of the American population now describes their mental condition as poor, says the NAMI survey conducted in December 2025 and published recently. Besides, overwhelming majorities believe the federal government is not doing enough to solve the mental health crisis, particularly with regard to the access to care, housing, and suicide prevention services.

This survey comes when the situation is quite tense. The Trump Administration has reduced the staff of the main U.S. mental health agency by almost 50%, and the proposed Medicaid cuts are likely to make it more difficult for people to obtain help when the mental health crisis occurs. Nevertheless, nearly 75% of those surveyed are against these cuts and demand morerather than lessinvestments in such services as community clinics, crisis lines, and housing assistance. Such a kind of agreement is hardly ever found in U.S. politics, and it is indicative of how the mental health crisis has become so intimate and personal to large numbers of families.

Human experiences lie behind these figures: parents struggling to understand and help their child’s suicidal thoughts due to lack of insurance, senior adults whose depression deepened after losing​

Source: NAMI – Poll on National Mental Health Crisis