For months, he helped his son keep suicidal thoughts at bay. Then came the pandemic. One in 4 young adults have struggled with suicidal thoughts since the coronavirus hit, CDC says.

Washington Post ^ | November 23, 2020 | William Wan

[daniel1212]

Federal surveys show 40 percent of Americans are now grappling with at least one mental health or drug-related problem. But young adults have been hit harder than any other age group, with 75 percent struggling...

In Oregon’s Columbia County, the number of suicides by summer had already surpassed last year’s total. DuPage County [Chicago suburb] has reported a 23 percent rise compared with last year. And in the city itself, the number of suicides among African Americans has far surpassed the total for 2019...

Studies have established strong correlations between suicide and financial pressures..

[daniel1212]

The child in the article was mentally ill. They’re one of the groups most at risk for suicide. Another group is fatherless teens, “63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (U.S. Dept. Of Health/Census) ...” It’s never a good year to be a teen with either of those two issues. This year makes it worse.

And do not underestimate the power of the Pill in fostering one-child spoiled children who have no close kin to play and interact with and learn how to deal with conflicts etc.

[dsc]

“One in 4 young adults have struggled with suicidal thoughts since the coronavirus hit, CDC says.”

Anybody else find that to be ridiculously improbable?

[daniel1212]

“One in 4 young adults have struggled with suicidal thoughts since the coronavirus hit, CDC says.”

Anybody else find that to be ridiculously improbable?

Yes. But that was in the headline, while in the article itself it actually states that,

[dsc]

I don’t buy it.

For one thing, a little pot smoking gets tagged “substance use disorder.”

When you’re a hammer, all your problems look like nails. Setting salaried head-shrinkers to find mental problems is absurd on the face of it.

[Steven Scharf]

“One in 4 young adults have struggled with suicidal thoughts since the coronavirus hit, CDC says.”

Anybody else find that to be ridiculously improbable?

No, because it is inline with the percentage that had suicidal thoughts before the pandemic. Not everyone who has suicidal thoughts carries through with them. But, when surveyed in anonymous surveys, they will report such thoughts. Sounds bad that 25% have such thoughts which most will read as 25% have done something about those thoughts.

[Almondjoy]

Diet and excerise for about 3 years before covid hit would have been good too. If you die and have type 2 diabetes you did it to yourself.

[minnesota_bound]

1 in 4? Now you know the chinese virus numbers are just as made up!