The CDC study surveyed 5,412 people between June 24 and 30 about their recent mental health and discovered that levels of anxiety and depression have skyrocketed this year compared with the same period in 2019.
Over 40 percent of the respondents reported at least one adverse mental or behavioral health condition stemming from the pandemic, including symptoms of anxiety or depression (30.9 percent) or symptoms of a trauma-related disorder (26.3 percent). Just over 13 percent of people said they had started or increased drug use to cope with the stress related to the Covid-19 pandemic.