That was my immediate thought as well. Most US adults are not experts on anyone’s mental health but their own and thus unsuited to comment on trends. When did

That was my immediate thought as well. Most US adults are not experts on anyone’s mental health but their own and thus unsuited to comment on trends. When did the gut feelings of individuals about such matters become a stand-in for news reporting? I know journalists are also susceptible to writing about domains they don’t truly understand, but this kind of reporting is skipping right past the step of trying to engage with experts and proceeding to poll unqualified individuals about their gut feeling.