More Young Adults Are Thinking About Suicide and Death, National Survey Finds

More than one-third of young adults in the United States report having thoughts of death and suicide, while nearly half show at least moderate symptoms of depression, according to a nationwide survey led by researchers from Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Harvard Medical School, Northeastern, Harvard and Northwestern universities. Researchers say these findings are 10 times higher than what was exhibited in the general population before the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was published by The COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States. To read the full story.