U.S. Mental Health Ratings Continue to Worsen

[initforme]

Our grandfathers were raised in the depression, went on to fight the Second World War, a d came home to build the most profitable economy in American history….

… they didn’t all without gender dysphoria or a safe space.

Suck it up, Princess

Whatever.

 

[Dekster]

Despite claims from the left that this country is better off now than 30 years ago, our mental health continues to decline.

U.S. Mental Health Ratings Continue to Worsen

Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults describe their mental health as excellent, down 14 points from 2019 and the first reading below 30%.

news.gallup.com

Americans’ assessments of their own mental health continue to erode. For the first time, the percentage of U.S. adults who describe their mental health as “excellent” has dropped below 30%. Just six years ago, before the COVID-19 pandemic, 43% rated their mental health this positively.

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As Americans’ self-reported mental health has deteriorated, their efforts to seek help have increased. Twenty-four percent of U.S. adults say they have visited a mental health professional in the past year, including 8% who did so more than 10 times. The average number of visits among all U.S. adults is 3.2, up sharply from 1.1 in 2001 and 1.5 in 2004.

And soooooo..........

We have to wonder what is causing all of this. Something to look into.

30 years ago Clinton was president and I don't know any democrats saying we are better under Trump than we were under Clinton. Perhaps you have a source?

 

[Dekster]

People are overworked, stressed. Theyre tired of being told "be productive, work hard" ad nauseum. Perhaps things will improve when more people just quit giving a care about anything.

I warned people during COVID that it would be at least 5 years until we really saw how that shook out in the workplace and I warned them a year into COVID that businesses would not be returning to "normal" if they found they could get by with fewer workers. Both things have panned out. Dollar General, Family Dollar, Aldi and a host of others might only have 2 or 3 employees at a time and they are expected to run registers, stock shelves, and assist customers all at the same time. Walmarts are still not 24 hours and all that stocking is now going on during the day when they are already busy frustrating customers and workers. I was in a grocery a few weeks back where the lines were backed down the shopping aisles and when someone said something to the manager about it I heard him say plain as day "I know how to run my store. Don't like it, go somewhere else". Everything and everyplace has become a pain in the ass whether you are a customer or an employee. That wears people down mentally.

 

[HikerGuy83]

30 years ago Clinton was president and I don't know any democrats saying we are better under Trump than we were under Clinton. Perhaps you have a source?

Anecdotal statements by a couple of idiots on this board.

That's about it.

You do know we are talking mental health?

 

[HikerGuy83]

Our grandfathers were raised in the depression, went on to fight the Second World War, a d came home to build the most profitable economy in American history….

… they didn’t all without gender dysphoria or a safe space.

Suck it up, Princess

They also did it without cell phones.....or (many of them) working on Sunday.

 

[Dekster]

Anecdotal statements by a couple of idiots on this board.

That's about it.

You do know we are talking mental health?

Yes I am somewhat literate.

I don't by default have an opinion about the accuracy of the data. Mental illness has less of a stigma than it used to so that may account for some of the change. There are lots of stressors in people's lives. For instance millions went from paying student loans to not paying them to being told they would be forgiven to being told the Department of Ed will put a lien on your grave. Lots of jobs are being lost; people not losing jobs are often finding themselves with more work than ever but fewer allowed hours. Overdose deaths may be trending in a better direction but addiction is still a pervasive issue. President TACO may or may not be starting a war, trade or otherwise, on any given day. Old people are lonelier than ever. List goes on and on.

 

[buckeye]

I am not familiar with the study. But to be credible, it would not just be a yes no single question.

I don't think it is. I've answered questions about my mental health from Cleveland Clinic questionnaires dozens of times. They ask a bunch of questions about how you feel and rate that between 1 and 5. At the end they give you a mental health score, very similar to what they did in that survey.

 

[HikerGuy83]

Mental illness has less of a stigma than it used to so that may account for some of the change.

And I've seen this from some people.

However, I've got to believe that researchers know how to normalize for this shift in perceptions.

They know they exist. They are the ones telling us about the reduction in stigma.

 

[HikerGuy83]

There are lots of stressors in people's lives.

That seems to be a pretty broad perception in the field.

Your specific lists are germane, but there are many others.

 

[HikerGuy83]

https://www.americashealthrankings.org/publications/articles/mental-health-challenges-reached-unprecedented-highs-even-as-more-help-becomes-available

A growing number of American adults are facing mental health challenges. Depression, frequent mental distress and suicide have all seen sharp increases in recent years. Between 2011 and 2023, the share of adults in the U.S. with depression rose by more than a quarter, climbing from 17.5% to 22.0%. Frequent mental distress jumped nearly one-third in the same period, from 11.7% to 15.4% of adults reporting poor mental health for at least two weeks of the past month. Meanwhile, suicide rates are up 23% since 2009, from 12.0 to 14.8 deaths per 100,000 population.
While some behavioral health trends are worsening, others are moving in a more positive direction. Excessive drinking, for example, has dropped 16% since 2011 from 19.8% to 16.7% of adults. However, alcohol use still causes an estimated 178,000 deaths annually

. Younger adults are more likely to drink excessively: In 2023, the prevalence of excessive drinking was 3.3 times higher among adults aged 18-44 compared with adults 65 and older.

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And what are we doing about it?

I guess that becomes the question.

 

[Woodznutz]

Despite claims from the left that this country is better off now than 30 years ago, our mental health continues to decline.

U.S. Mental Health Ratings Continue to Worsen

Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults describe their mental health as excellent, down 14 points from 2019 and the first reading below 30%.

news.gallup.com

Americans’ assessments of their own mental health continue to erode. For the first time, the percentage of U.S. adults who describe their mental health as “excellent” has dropped below 30%. Just six years ago, before the COVID-19 pandemic, 43% rated their mental health this positively.

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As Americans’ self-reported mental health has deteriorated, their efforts to seek help have increased. Twenty-four percent of U.S. adults say they have visited a mental health professional in the past year, including 8% who did so more than 10 times. The average number of visits among all U.S. adults is 3.2, up sharply from 1.1 in 2001 and 1.5 in 2004.

And soooooo..........

We have to wonder what is causing all of this. Something to look into.

The main cause is the societal breaking of moral restraints. What the Bible calls the resulting "confusion" is actually mental illness. We are mentally ill to the extent that we break God's moral laws.

 

[HikerGuy83]

The main cause is the societal breaking of moral restraints. What the Bible calls the resulting "confusion" is actually mental illness. We are mentally ill to the extent that we break God's moral laws.

I would agree that this is an issue. A huge issue.

 

[HikerGuy83]

The main cause is the societal breaking of moral restraints. What the Bible calls the resulting "confusion" is actually mental illness. We are mentally ill to the extent that we break God's moral laws.

I am actively working with some individuals to come up with ideas as to how we might counter this. Do you have any thoughts?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

People are overworked, stressed. Theyre tired of being told "be productive, work hard" ad nauseum. Perhaps things will improve when more people just quit giving a care about anything.

Methusaleh, there is no way you should know this since you haven't worked since the 90s. I think it all comes down to your dementia affecting what you consider to be hard work because you apparently didn't ever do any.

 

[Hafar1014]

Despite claims from the left that this country is better off now than 30 years ago, our mental health continues to decline.

U.S. Mental Health Ratings Continue to Worsen

Twenty-nine percent of U.S. adults describe their mental health as excellent, down 14 points from 2019 and the first reading below 30%.

news.gallup.com

Americans’ assessments of their own mental health continue to erode. For the first time, the percentage of U.S. adults who describe their mental health as “excellent” has dropped below 30%. Just six years ago, before the COVID-19 pandemic, 43% rated their mental health this positively.

******

As Americans’ self-reported mental health has deteriorated, their efforts to seek help have increased. Twenty-four percent of U.S. adults say they have visited a mental health professional in the past year, including 8% who did so more than 10 times. The average number of visits among all U.S. adults is 3.2, up sharply from 1.1 in 2001 and 1.5 in 2004.

And soooooo..........

We have to wonder what is causing all of this. Something to look into.

Anxiety and depression are high among the left

 

[Hafar1014]

I warned people during COVID that it would be at least 5 years until we really saw how that shook out in the workplace and I warned them a year into COVID that businesses would not be returning to "normal" if they found they could get by with fewer workers. Both things have panned out. Dollar General, Family Dollar, Aldi and a host of others might only have 2 or 3 employees at a time and they are expected to run registers, stock shelves, and assist customers all at the same time. Walmarts are still not 24 hours and all that stocking is now going on during the day when they are already busy frustrating customers and workers. I was in a grocery a few weeks back where the lines were backed down the shopping aisles and when someone said something to the manager about it I heard him say plain as day "I know how to run my store. Don't like it, go somewhere else". Everything and everyplace has become a pain in the ass whether you are a customer or an employee. That wears people down mentally.

Anxiety and depression is high among womnen

 

[HikerGuy83]

Anxiety and depression are high among the left

And it's not hard to understand why?

And I don't mean that in a condeming way.

If you read Thomas Sowell's book A Conflict of Vision, you get a better understanding of how the left thinks.

And it's easy to see why they would deal with more mental health issues.

 

[initforme]

https://www.americashealthrankings.org/publications/articles/mental-health-challenges-reached-unprecedented-highs-even-as-more-help-becomes-available

A growing number of American adults are facing mental health challenges. Depression, frequent mental distress and suicide have all seen sharp increases in recent years. Between 2011 and 2023, the share of adults in the U.S. with depression rose by more than a quarter, climbing from 17.5% to 22.0%. Frequent mental distress jumped nearly one-third in the same period, from 11.7% to 15.4% of adults reporting poor mental health for at least two weeks of the past month. Meanwhile, suicide rates are up 23% since 2009, from 12.0 to 14.8 deaths per 100,000 population.
While some behavioral health trends are worsening, others are moving in a more positive direction. Excessive drinking, for example, has dropped 16% since 2011 from 19.8% to 16.7% of adults. However, alcohol use still causes an estimated 178,000 deaths annually

. Younger adults are more likely to drink excessively: In 2023, the prevalence of excessive drinking was 3.3 times higher among adults aged 18-44 compared with adults 65 and older.

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And what are we doing about it?

I guess that becomes the question.

What are we doing about it? Yelling at them to work work work and they are looking for an escape. So as we pressure them more they will turn to unhealthy ways. Go to school. Study hard, get a job, get married, have kids, work, save, go go go. And we wonder why people resort to drugs and alcohol, two unhealthy things?

 

[initforme]

Methusaleh, there is no way you should know this since you haven't worked since the 90s. I think it all comes down to your dementia affecting what you consider to be hard work because you apparently didn't ever do any.

Spent 42 years of my life in the work world...somewhat of a waste of best years when one looks back on it.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Spent 42 years of my life in the work world...somewhat of a waste of best years when one looks back on it.

So, you accomplished nothing in those 42 years that you can be proud of? Sounds like a mental health issue to me.