Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted mental health worldwide. Anxiety and depressive disorders surged by over 25% in the pandemic's first year.⁴ In the United States, mental health concerns increased in the fall and early winter of 2020 but then improved by the spring of 2021.^12-13 Research continues to progress, examining the long-term effects of the pandemic and investigating whether these initial improvements have persisted or if new mental health challenges have emerged.