Is Anxiety The Next Epidemic To Hit America? Multiple Studies Show Concerning, Elevated Levels in 2020.

Internet searches for acute anxiety were at an all-time high in the U.S. between March 13 and May 9 2020, according to a new study by the University of California, San Diego. The research published in JAMA this week utilized Google Trends data going back to 2004, and found that acute anxiety queries were cumulatively 11% higher than expected during the first two months of the novel coronavirus outbreak.