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The Mental Health Index™ report: March 2022

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The Mental Health Index™ report: March 2022

April 19, 2022

Since April 2020, the mental health of Americans has been three points or lower than the pre-2020 benchmark.

  • After three months of declines, the mental health score improved modestly to -4.8 in March 2022.
  • Depression, anxiety, and work productivity scores declined from February to March 2022.
  • With a nearly one-point improvement this month, the strongest sub-score continues to be financial risk, representing an improvement in the level of emergency savings compared to 2019.
  • The mental health in the Midwest continues to decline while the South, West and Northeastern United States improved in March.
  • After two months of improvement, the mental health score of managers declined nearly two points from February and is lower than the mental health of non-managers and the national average.

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