Increasing psychological distress among Californians from 2013 to 2020: Race/ethnic differences.

ABSTRACT: The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health is of mounting concern to population-health researchers. While early reports indicated increases in mental health problems, noticeably absent from these studies is how mental health has changed in 2020 compared to previous years (2013-2019) and whether such trends vary by race/ethnicity. The present study used repeated cross-sectional data from the California Health Interview Survey (n ​= ​168,216) to systematically document trends in psychological distress scores (Kessler-6 scale; K6) and severe psychological distress scores (K6; 13+) from 2013 to 2020 and by race/ethnicity over the same period. Among all Californians we find that the reported average psychological distress scores increased by 22% between 2013 and 2020. Reported seve

SUBMITTER: Tran S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9792130 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature