News Report | September 30, 2020
Adults With Disabilities Experience Frequent Mental Distress 4.6 Times As Often As Adults Without Disabilities
In the United States, about 4.6 times more adults with disabilities reported experiencing frequent mental distress than adults without disabilities. Frequent mental distress is defined as 14 or more self-reported mentally unhealthy days in the past 30 days. In their responses to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey in 2018, 32.9% of adults with disabilities and 7.2% of adults without disabilities reported experiencing frequent mental distress.
Adults with both cognitive and mobility disabilities most frequently reported mental distress (55.6%). Across the states, the age-adjusted prevalence of mental distress among adults with disabilities . . .