"High Anxiety In America - APA Poll Highlights Nationwide Worries" - Megan Brooks
About half of Americans say there is less stigma against people with mental illness than there was ten years ago. However, more than one third say they would not vote for a candidate for public office who had been diagnosed with a mental illness, even if the candidate had received treatment. Prameet Singh, MD, director of psychiatry residency training at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and associate dean for graduate medical education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, said it’s important to note that even though the poll included a “so-called representative sample, it was still only about 1,000 people, which is relatively small for a population study like this.” That said, Dr. Singh noted it is not surprising the women are more anxious than men. “Women have higher depression rates as well as anxiety. That’s always been the case.” Regarding anxiety among millennials, Dr. Singh said that the physicians-in-training with whom he works are "representatives of millennials" and that "they do seem more anxious and seemingly less able to tolerate changes in their environment or in their schedule. They are less likely to take things in stride."
- Prameet Singh, MD, Director, Psychiatry Residency Training, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai