Anxiety and Depression on the Rise

Many people who have anxiety also have depression and vice versa. Almost 50 percent of people diagnosed with depression are also diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Anxiety and depression are the most common mental illnesses. According to the US Centersfor Disease Control (CDC), in 2019, 15 percent of the US adult population reported anxiety symptoms and 18.5 percent reported depressive symptoms within the previous two weeks. According to experts, the pandemic has highlighted and amplified a mental health crisis in the United States and worldwide. The mental health fallout from the pandemic is predicted to last for years--