Nearly 1 in 4 young adults in US treated for mental health during pandemic, CDC survey finds

CNN
Sep 07, 2022

Nearly 1 in 4 young adults in US treated for mental health during pandemic, CDC survey finds


The share of US adults who received treatment for mental health grew throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Nearly 22% of adults got mental health treatment in 2021, up from about 19% in 2019.
This jump is probably due to a combination of increased need and better access to treatment, said Calliope Holingue, a psychiatric epidemiologist and member of Johns Hopkins University's COVID-19 Mental Health Measurement Working Group.
    "The pandemic has spurred an important conversation about the need to take care of ourselves. In the population as a whole, we're seeing that reflected," she said.
      Overall, the CDC report found that the increase in mental health treatment was driven largely by adults under the age of 45.