Almost half of U.S. public health workers experienced mental health symptoms

Forty-eight percent of American public health personnel reported at least one mental health issue, a small drop from 2021, according to survey responses published in MMWR.
“During March to April 2021, a survey of state, tribal, local and territorial public health workers found that 52.8% of respondents experienced symptoms of at least one of the following mental health conditions: depression, anxiety or PTSD,” Ahoua Konè, MPH, of the CDC’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Team, and colleagues wrote. “However, more recent estimates of mental health symptoms among this

Forty-eight percent of American public health personnel reported at least one mental health issue, a small drop from 2021, according to survey responses published in MMWR.
“During March to April 2021, a survey of state, tribal, local and territorial public health workers found that 52.8% of respondents experienced symptoms of at least one of the following mental health conditions: depression, anxiety or PTSD,” Ahoua Konè, MPH, of the CDC’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Team, and colleagues wrote. “However, more recent estimates of mental health symptoms among this