The Rate of Depressive Symptoms in US Adults Quadrupled During the Pandemic

A study found that US adults experienced significantly more depressive symptoms in 2021 (32.8%) compared to the early months of the pandemic (27.8%) and before the pandemic (8.5%). Predictors of pandemic depression include low household income, not being married, and pandemic-related stressors.

Read Persistent depressive symptoms during COVID-19: a national, population-representative, longitudinal study of U.S. adults.

See also:

• The pandemic increases the economic divide between low income and high income groups adding to inequality of remote work (although I hope not permanently).
• Low psychosocial safety is associated with a threefold increase in risk of major depression

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• Depression Is Living in the past, Anxiety Is Living in the Future

  One can think of depression and anxiety as two ends of a spectrum. Depression often involves ruminating on things that have happened in the past. Anxiety often involves worrying about the future where something might happen.