e v rvi u ll s I wi   01 People who seek a mental escape from it online Living in an era that relentlessly demands mental are facing challenges there, too. Algorithmic coping strategies is gnawing away at people’s angst—the constant paranoia of whether sense of safety and causing widespread anxiety. people’s decisions are truly theirs or a result of A survey by the British Association for Counselling manipulation—is on the rise and is driving an and Psychotherapy revealed that 66% of therapists 9 Apparently, they can’t exodus to new platforms. said that the cost-of-living crisis is impacting even trust the news anymore. In fact, many have people’s mental health but, despite their increasing simply stopped looking at it. Reuters Institute’s need for help, 47% reported patients cancelling 2022 Digital News Report—a global survey of 46 their sessions because they could no longer markets across six continents—revealed: “Trust in 11 afford them. the news has fallen in almost half the countries in our survey... Interest in news has fallen sharply across markets, from 63% in 2017 to 51% in 2022.”10 Copyright © 2022 Accenture. All rights reserved. 5