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42% of Gen Z Have Diagnosed Mental Health Condition, Majority Worried About Future: Study
World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) ^ | Leonardo Blair

Posted on 11/15/2022 2:37:47 PM PST by NoLibZone

Nearly 70% of Generation Z, people born between 1997 and 2012, say their mental health was adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with 42% of adult members of the cohort reporting that they have been diagnosed with a mental health condition and many of them say they are worried about the future, a new study from data management firm Harmony Healthcare IT shows.

The study, which is based on a survey of 1,055 Gen Z members from the age of 18 to 24 in September, included 47% men, 45% women, 6% who identify as nonbinary, and 2% trans-identified individuals.

According to the report, some 57% of Gen Z adults struggling with their mental health reported taking medication to alleviate their condition and paying an average of $44 monthly.

The most frequently cited conditions were anxiety and depression which were reported by 90% and 78% of respondents, respectively.

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Other conditions reported include: ADHD, 27%, PTSD, 20%, OCD, 17%, eating disorder 14%, and insomnia 12%. Less than 10% reported more diagnoses of bipolar disorder, addiction and substance abuse, and borderline personality disorder.

While only one in five reported going to therapy for their mental health and spending an average of $149 monthly to do so, 87% of them found it helpful.

“Nearly a third (31%) of Gen Zers said they would rate their overall mental health in 2022 as bad. When asked to describe their mental health over the period of one month, one out of four reported having more bad days than good,” researchers noted. “On average, Gen Z reported about 10 tough mental health days in the span of one month.”

When it comes to discussing their mental health, a majority, 87% of Gen Z, said they feel comfortable talking about mental health, in general, with others, and 63% said they are comfortable discussing their own mental health with others.

They reported feeling more comfortable discussing the topic with their friends, siblings and parents, however. They are least comfortable discussing mental health with their boss, strangers and grandparents.

“More than half (52%) said they feel uncomfortable discussing mental health with their boss. More than one in 10 Gen Zers admitted they have had a conversation with their boss about it, and while 91% of bosses were supportive, about one out of 10 (9%) were not,” the report said.

“With the recent increase of quiet quitting (refusing to do more than what your job description requires), Gen Z are making sure to take care of their mental health on the job,” researchers continued. “More than three in five (62%) have taken a mental health day off school or work. In the first eight months of 2022, Gen Z has taken an average of three mental health days to recuperate.”

According to the report, Gen Z also spends an average of four hours daily on social media, particularly YouTube and many have made a connection to their poor mental health and social media. More than half, 57%, said they had to take a break from social media for their mental health while another 36% reported that they deleted their social media to protect their mental health.

When it comes to concern about the future the majority expressed how insecure they felt especially when it comes to their finances.

“Gen Z is worried about the future. Nearly 90% of Gen Z does not feel like their generation has been set up for success, and 75% feel they have a disadvantage compared to other generations,” the report said.

“Some of the biggest concerns have to do with finances and work. More than three in five (66%) do not feel financially stable, and 50% do not feel ready to join the workforce,” it added. “Overall, 89% of Gen Z are worried about their personal finances, and 70% are concerned about the economy.

In 2020, as COVID-19 dawned on the globe and prescriptions for depression, anxiety and insomnia spiked, Dr. Roger McIntyre, who is currently a professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at the University of Toronto and head of the Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit at the University Health Network in Toronto, warned in an earlier interview with The Christian Post that the mental health pandemic could explode in the U.S. if steps aren’t taken to prevent it.

According to Express Scripts, America’s largest pharmacy benefit management organization, nearly one in five U.S. adults experienced a mental health condition in 2018, and the rate of psychological disorders has risen dramatically among younger people in the past decade. From 2008-2018, the overall prevalence of mental illness increased 8%, from 177 to 191 per 1,000, and potentially disabling mental illness by 24%, from 37 to 46 per 1,000.

Mental health conditions were also recorded as the costliest health conditions in the U.S., with a price tag of more than $200 billion annually, and more than $193 billion in lost earnings per year.

Mental health issues were also noted as the most common cause of hospitalizations for people ages 45 and younger. Within a month of being discharged from the hospital, some 13 percent of mental health discharges are readmitted.

“Not only do mental health conditions affect a person psychologically, they also negatively impact their physical health. People with mental health conditions are at higher risk for a wide range of diseases, including heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease,” explains the study. “People who have both a mental health condition and a chronic disease have two to three times higher health care costs than those with only a chronic disease.”


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KEYWORDS: blamesocialmedia; genz
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To: All

It’s true. They are called “Democrats.”


41 posted on 11/15/2022 2:57:38 PM PST by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis )
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To: libertylover
They should be worried about the future.

They're not worried.

They're all convinced that after the Revolution, they'll be poets and artists.

42 posted on 11/15/2022 2:58:27 PM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: NoLibZone

“More drugs please”


43 posted on 11/15/2022 2:58:38 PM PST by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: NoLibZone

My takes?

  1. What a bunch of whiners. They are the most-pampered generation in the history of mankind.
  2. The internet and pervasive pollsters are good for whining.
  3. They don't know how good they have it. They wouldn't last a minute in the WW II years.
  4. Things haven't changed. That's pretty much the way we all feel, except we didn't whine about it and nobody would have listened anyway. We were told to suck it up and get on with life. We got along just fine without "social media influencers."

44 posted on 11/15/2022 2:58:58 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
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To: NoLibZone

I think it’s higher. That’s a feature of social media.


45 posted on 11/15/2022 2:59:21 PM PST by Jonny7797
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To: rigelkentaurus

Heh


46 posted on 11/15/2022 3:00:24 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: NoLibZone

Here’s my advice. “Suck it up, buttercup”

It’s almost never wrong to be tougher than that which you face.


47 posted on 11/15/2022 3:01:45 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: frank ballenger

(How much time is left to fight climate change and defend abortion rights?😁)

Priorities!!


48 posted on 11/15/2022 3:02:12 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: NoLibZone

How much of this mental illness is due to Gen Z’s enthusiastic embrace of high-potency cannabis? That’s the question that Soros and the left don’t want you to ask


49 posted on 11/15/2022 3:03:47 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: NoLibZone

Idiot dandled hypochondriacs.


50 posted on 11/15/2022 3:05:56 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: NoLibZone

All fools falling for the scam of psychiatry. Psychs find everyone to be crazy. Especially if they have good insurance coverage. Lol.


51 posted on 11/15/2022 3:06:06 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: NoLibZone

42% need to go to Church and clean up their lives.


52 posted on 11/15/2022 3:06:07 PM PST by Bayard
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To: Kaiser8408a

68% of gen-Z. voted democrat, so they must like this crap since they voted for more of the same.


53 posted on 11/15/2022 3:07:15 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative)
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To: NoLibZone

My son is Gen Z.

He can confirm. He says his generation is the product of divorced parents that have been all prescribed drugs since they were 5 years old.

Nobody ever talks about it, because Big Pharma controls the media.


54 posted on 11/15/2022 3:07:59 PM PST by UNGN
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To: NoLibZone

My son is Gen Z.

He can confirm. He says his generation is the product of divorced parents that have been all prescribed drugs since they were 5 years old.

Nobody ever talks about it, because Big Pharma controls the media.


55 posted on 11/15/2022 3:07:59 PM PST by UNGN
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To: NoLibZone

Kids have anxiety. Film at 11.


56 posted on 11/15/2022 3:09:54 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: ryderann

It worked for me back when.


57 posted on 11/15/2022 3:12:36 PM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: NoLibZone
This group fixes them.

https://www.outwardbound.org/

58 posted on 11/15/2022 3:13:19 PM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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Is Gen Z The Most Mentally Ill Generation Ever? - Matt Walsh
59 posted on 11/15/2022 3:16:05 PM PST by mykroar (what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how. - J0eStalin)
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To: Frank Drebin

How many folks that age do you know? I know several, and they all have some issues from the whole lockdown/quarantine/masking adventure our elites took us all on.

I know 50 year olds that have issues.

Just because YOU personally didn’t have any negative effects (being an eremite prepared some for the isolation) does not mean the problem is not real.

There are children whose language skills were permanently damaged by the masking, for example.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/parenting-translator/202108/the-impact-masks-social-and-emotional-development#:~:text=Parents%2C%20caregivers%2C%20and%20teachers%20can%20try%20to%20compensate,voice%20inflections%20to%20show%20emotion.%20...%20Meer%20items


60 posted on 11/15/2022 3:18:33 PM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burnSeriouslyhites riot, nations and continents burn)
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