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CDC finds Minnesota MH during COVID‐19 better than many states
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32705
Subject(s) - mental health , depression (economics) , outreach , anxiety , disease control , covid-19 , medicine , psychology , demography , gerontology , psychiatry , political science , environmental health , disease , sociology , law , economics , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , macroeconomics
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Household Pulse Survey found that less than 35% of Minnesotans suffered from depression and anxiety in the Jan. 6–18 survey period, the Duluth News Tribune reported Feb. 21. By that measure, Minnesota was the most mentally stable state in the country, and Mississippi was the least stable. In the most recent testing period, Jan. 20 to Feb. 1, Minnesota's cases rose slightly to 38%, which was enough to make it 10th lowest in the nation. “No one is in a position to say Minnesota is doing well,” said Shannah Mulvihill, director of Mental Health Minnesota, an advocacy nonprofit. Through 2020, the number of mental health screenings on its website advanced steadily all year, jumping to about 3,000 by December. It has now skyrocketed to six times the level of a year earlier. The group says that about 20% of its screenings were for anxiety, and 38% show depression — which are roughly the same findings as made by the Household Pulse Survey. If Minnesota is doing better than most states, it may be partially due to groups like St. Croix Valley Outreach. Last week, the nonprofit announced grants to seven mental health providers to help control mental illness.