CDC study sheds new light on mental health crisis linked to coronavirus pandemic

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CDC study sheds new light on mental health crisis linked to coronavirus pandemic

Thu, 2020-08-13 17:51 — mike kraft

CDC study sheds new light on mental health crisis linked to coronavirus pandemic The Covid-19 crisis has brought with it a mental health crisis in the United States, and new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show just how broad the pandemic's impact on mental health might be. Jacqueline Howard and Andrea Kane, CNN CNN

(CNN) The Covid-19 crisis has brought with it a mental health crisis in the United States, and new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show just how broad the pandemic's impact on mental health might be.

A new CDC survey found that almost 41% of respondents are struggling with mental health issues stemming from the pandemic -- both related to the coronavirus pandemic itself and the measures put in place to contain it, including physical distancing and stay-at-home order.

Markedly elevated prevalences of reported adverse mental and behavioral health conditions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic highlight the broad impact of the pandemic and the need to prevent and treat these conditions," CDC researchers wrote in the report.

The findings, released Thursday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, were based on an online survey of 5,412 adults living in the United States conducted between June 24 and 30.

The survey found that 40.9% of respondents reported at least one mental or behavioral health condition:

31% said they'd experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression,
26% said they'd experienced trauma or stressor-related disorder symptoms,
13% said they'd started or increased substance use,
11% said they'd seriously considered suicide in the last 30 days....

In all, the researchers found that while symptoms of mental or behavioral health conditions varied significantly among subgroups, unpaid caregivers for adults fared the worst....

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