Despite more mental capacities returning to pre-COVID levels, continued focus on mental health is needed.
Return to "Normal" Doesn't Fix Deep-Rooted Mental Health Issues
According to the February Mental Health Index, the improvement reported in January wasn’t just a fluke. For two months in a row, multiple mental health capacities inched back to levels unseen since before the pandemic. By the end of February, stress, resilience, memory, depressed mood, conscious negativity bias, and risk of Depressive Disorder all returned to where they were in February 2020. While these trends are encouraging, there are some key points to understand about the data.
Mental capacities are starting to return to pre-COVID levels, including a 29% drop in depressed mood since December, now at pre-pandemic level
The risk of General Anxiety Disorder has increased 30% when compared to the same time last year
U.S. workers are feeling 8% less motivated than last year
