“The 2019 Coronavirus Disease Pandemic (COVID-19) is associated with mental health challenges related to the morbidity and mortality caused by the disease and to mitigating activities, including the impact of physical distance and home stay orders,” reports the report began. “Symptoms of anxiety disorder and depressive disorder increased in April in the United States sharply in April-June 2020, compared to the same period in 2019.”
CDC: 25.5% of Americans ages 18 to 24 have seriously considered suicide in the past 30 days. 16% of ages 25 to 44. https://t.co/wl6qYWFLW0 pic.twitter.com/0uC0EUzpmx
– Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) August 13, 2020
The report went through:
Overall, 40.9% of respondents reported at least one adverse mental or behavioral disorder, including symptoms of anxiety disorder or depressive disorder (30.9%), symptoms of a trauma and stressor-related disorder (TSRD) related to the pandemic (26.3%), and began as an increase in substance use to treat stress or emotions related to COVID-19 (13.3%). The percentage of respondents who reported having seriously thought of suicide in the 30 days before the completion of the survey (10.7%) was significantly higher among respondents aged 18-24 (25.5%)[.]
The World Health Organization also recently reported skyrocketing levels of mental pain worldwide since the advent of COVID-19. Drug abuse has also increased, WHO said, with “statistics from Canada [reporting] that 20% of 15-49 year olds increased their alcohol consumption during the pandemic. ”
The CDC report later noted, “Increased levels of unusual conditions for mental health, substance use, and suicidal ideation were reported by adults in the United States in June 2020. The prevalence of anxiety disorder symptoms was approximately three times those reported in the second quarter. of 2019 (25.5% vs. 8.1%), and the prevalence of depressive disorder was about four times that reported in the second quarter of 2019 (24.3% vs. 6.5%). ”
The report went on to advise, “Significantly increased incidence of reported adverse mental and behavioral disorders associated with the COVID-19 pandemic marks the broad impact of the pandemic and the need to prevent and treat these conditions.”
The CDC recently warned of severe consequences for young people if schools do not reopen in the fall, a position that President Donald Trump has echoed, despite pushback from some teachers’ unions. As The Daily Wire reported, “The AAP and CDC counselors say that children are not allowed in the fall school to pursue a greater risk of abuse, and also have consequences for their physical and emotional health. The advice also warns against staying effects on education and the learning of a generation. “
Former First Lady Michelle Obama has recently revealed how she, too, has not been left innocent of the depression that is sweeping the country, which she blamed in part on the Trump administration. Obama claims she has experienced sleep disorders, Obama said, ‘I know I’m dealing with some form of low-threshold depression. Not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial struggle, and just watching this administration, seeing the hypocrisy of it, day in and day out, is dissipating. “
Besibbe: Michelle Obama blames her ‘low depression’ in part on Trump administration’s ‘hypocrisy’
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