The U.S. mental health system is on the verge of collapse from overwork. In response to the new polling of December 2025, Americans show that they are losing confidence in the system and that they want political leaders to take action urgently. A national survey conducted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and Ipsos reveals that nearly one, fifth of adults mentally consider their health to be poor, and large majorities claim that the mental health system does not fulfill peoples needs.
What keeps people awake at night is the fact that the mental healthcare system is under heavy strain while the demand for it is increasing rapidly. Almost 66% of people surveyed feel that Congress is not doing enough about mental health issues, and about 75% of them are against the reduction of federal staff in the core agencies that supervise mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention, including the 988 Lifeline. Budget cuts and reductions in Medicaid in President Trump’s newest plan will make it hard to find enough healthcare workers and will make the healthcare system less accessible, especially for low, income communities, people of color, and rural residents who are already facing difficulties in the mental health system.
Advocates on Capitol Hill urge for increased funding of the mental health system, the measures including and not restricted to: protection of federal funding, extension of premium tax credits, crisis workforce enhancement, and provision of lived experience individuals involvement in policy decisions. Clinicians emphasize that the mental
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