05 June 2020
HealthDay Reports: 'Psychological Distress' Has Tripled in US During Pandemic, Survey Shows
The mental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is taking a huge toll on Americans, a new study finds.
'Psychological Distress' Has Tripled in U.S. During Pandemic, Survey Shows
FRIDAY, June 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- COVID-19 is taking a heavy toll on Americans' mental health, a new nationwide survey shows.
Overall, psychological distress more than tripled between 2018 and this spring -- from 4% of U.S. adults in 2018 to 14% in April.
Beth McGinty, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, said the findings, from a survey of 1,500 adults, suggest the need to prepare for a wave of mental illness once the pandemic passes.