America's mental health
Maru Public Opinion released the results today of a survey conducted for the American City Business Journals (ACBJ) that finds three-in-ten (29%) Americans believe their mental health is worse now than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic began in February 2020, and almost half (45%) are very worried about the mental health of people in their own family.
Perhaps most alarming, the study also found that one-quarter (26%) of the youngest American adults (aged 18-34) admit to having experienced suicidal thoughts/feelings over the past three months—eleven percentage points higher than the national average (15%).