4 out of 10 US Adults Reported Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in 2020
In relation to the numbers in 2019, this is an alarming increase.
The numbers are in, and unsurprising to anyone, the pandemic has taken a major toll on our mental health and wellbeing.
US Health Statistics are seeing a worrisome, but not surprising increase in mental health struggles for adults as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Data has found that, during the pandemic, 4 in 10 adults in the United States reported symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorder between January to June 2020.
Comparatively, in 2019 only 1 in 10 adults reported these same symptoms.
As a result of the pandemic, adults struggling with these mental difficulties have gone from 10% of the population to 40% of the population, and that is absolutely something that should be worrying all of us.
We’re only human, and we’re doing the best we can.
Before the pandemic started, I was considered an adult who struggles with mental health difficulties. I was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder in 2016, as a result of a sexual assault years before.
