By Emily Wright, Emily C. Dore, Karestan C. Koenen, et al., JAMA Network Open, Image: Unsplash in Crowdstack tool, January 15, 2025
Introduction
Prior literature suggests mental health issues in the United States have not only increased population-wide in recent decades but also accumulated unevenly and unjustly across social groups.1-3 However, few studies have leveraged multiple national surveys to strengthen understanding of the changing burden of poor mental health and differences across social groups. Such analyses may yield useful insights for clinical care, public health, and policies and interventions to address new, dynamic poor mental health patterns. To address this gap, we quantified the prevalence of poor mental health—and inequities by age, sex, and racial and ethnic group—among US adults across 3 national health surveys.
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