Ke poʻo nei i ka makahiki hou, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ʻAmelika i ko lākou olakino noʻonoʻo ma ke ʻano he maikaʻi (26%) a maikaʻi paha (42%) ma mua o ka maikaʻi (22%) a i ʻole ʻilihune (9%). Eia nō naʻe, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā pākeke keʻokeʻo a me Hispanic, ʻo ka poʻe ʻeleʻele (41%) a i ʻole ka lāhui ʻē aʻe a i ʻole ka lāhui ʻē aʻe (42%) ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka helu ʻana i ko lākou olakino noʻonoʻo ma 2021 ma ke ʻano he kūpono a ʻilihune paha.

Mai ka American Psychiatric Association's (APA) Healthy Minds Monthly* kahi koho balota i alakaʻi ʻia e Morning Consult. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke koho balota o ka Makahiki Hou ma ka lā 6-8 o Kekemapa, 2021, ma waena o kahi laʻana o ka ʻāina he 2,119 mau mākua.

Ma waena o nā mea koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe o ke koho balota:

• Ma kahi o 55% o nā ʻAmelika e hōʻike nei i ke ʻano a i ʻole ka hopohopo nui e pili ana i ke kūlana o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19, a ʻo ka 58% o nā ʻAmelika e hōʻike nei he ʻano hopohopo a hopohopo paha lākou i ke kūlana o kā lākou kālā pilikino. ʻOi aku ma mua o ka hapalua (54%) e hōʻike ana i ka manaʻo a hopohopo paha e pili ana i ka maopopo ʻole o 2022.

• Hoʻokahi o ʻelima mau ʻAmelika e ʻōlelo nei ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ke koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2022 ma mua o ka makahiki i hala, ʻoiai ʻo 44% e ʻōlelo nei ua like ia, a ʻo 27% e ʻōlelo nei ua emi ke kaumaha.

*Hālama ʻo APA's Healthy Minds Monthly i nā pilikia olakino noʻonoʻo i ka manawa a puni ka makahiki. Hoʻopuka pū ka APA i kāna Healthy Minds Poll makahiki i kēlā me kēia Mei me ka Mental Health Awareness Month.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

About 55% of Americans report feeling somewhat or very anxious about the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, and 58% of Americans report they are somewhat or very anxious about the state of their personal finances.
However, compared to white and Hispanic adults, adults who are Black (41%) or of another race or ethnicity (42%) are more likely to grade their mental health in 2021 as fair or poor.
One in five Americans say they are feeling more stress at the start of 2022 than last year, while 44% say it’s about the same, and 27% say they feel less stressed.