Prevalence of and inequities in poor mental health across 3 US surveys
JAMA Network Open
2025-01-15
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About The Study: This survey study documents increasingly prevalent poor mental health from 2011 to 2022 across multiple U.S. health surveys, with notable prevalence differences in Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and National Survey on Drug Use and Health vs National Health Interview Survey. Inequities in these outcomes by age, sex, and racial and ethnic group were often sizeable and changed over time in distinct ways, consistent with findings in prior literature.
Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Rita Hamad, MD, PhD, email rhamad@hsph.harvard.edu.
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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.54718)
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