- Beyond the feeling of sadness or hopelessness in 2021, 30% percent of females seriously considered attempting suicide in 2021, compared to 19% in 2011.
- The pandemic essentially started in early 2020 and most of the mask and lockdown orders began being being lifted in spring 2021.
- Overall in 2021, 42% percent of high school students reported experiencing persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, the CDC also found.
- “As we saw in the 10 years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health among students overall continues to worsen, with more than 40% of high school students feeling so sad or hopeless that they could not engage in their regular activities for at least two weeks during the previous year – a possible indication of the experience of depressive symptoms, the CDC said in the report. “We also saw significant increases in the percentage of youth who seriously considered suicide, made a suicide plan, and attempted suicide.”
