Second Year of Pandemic Took a Heavy Mental Health Toll on Young Adults

(MedPageToday) Nearly half of 18- to 25-year-olds experienced any mental illness or a substance use disorder in 2021, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health’s latest reportopens in a new tab or window. While the national rate of mental illness was 22.8% for adults overall in the second year of the pandemic, that proportion reached 33% among young adults, according to a survey by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.