Drop is cause for public health concern, but news isn’t all bad as acknowledging struggles is ‘a good sign’, experts say

A record low proportion of Americans rate their mental health as “good” or “excellent” according to a Gallup poll released on Thursday.

The percentage of Americans polled who rated their mental health as “excellent” dropped below 30% for the first time this year while the number who rated their mental health as either “good” or “excellent” also dropped to a record low 72%.

These numbers began trending downward after the Covid-19 pandemic–before 2020, 42% or more Americans consistently rated their mental health as “excellent”.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    As is the plan. They want us sad, they want us desperate and most importantly, they want us at each others’ throats.

    If they keep us busy with all this shit, and blaming each other, we won’t take off their heads, is what they hope.