The ‘fact’ in the meme is a merely a statement made in link (1) below from a blog on Psychology Today that has no footnotes or references to other sources to support it. Link (2) below from the American Psychology Association is ‘likely’ the source for the statement.
(1) ‘The average high school kid today has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950’s.’, How Big a Problem Is Anxiety?, Psychology Today, Apr 30, 2008: (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anxiety-files/200804/how-big-problem-is-anxiety)
(2) Studies Show Normal Children Today Report More Anxiety than Child Psychiatric Patients in the 1950's, American Psychology Association, December 14, 2000: (https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2000/12/anxiety.aspx)
Thank you!! I didn't expect such a detailed answer. The 2nd article was interesting but increased my anxiety level as I realised I'm doomed to be anxious/depressed for a while^^
Is the referring to patients BEFORE going into the hellholes that were asylums or AFTER they were in? Because if its after I call bullshit, because the horrors they went through in those "hospitals" is literally the stuff of horror movies.
Tough times produce tough people
(1) ‘The average high school kid today has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950’s.’, How Big a Problem Is Anxiety?, Psychology Today, Apr 30, 2008: (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anxiety-files/200804/how-big-problem-is-anxiety)
(2) Studies Show Normal Children Today Report More Anxiety than Child Psychiatric Patients in the 1950's, American Psychology Association, December 14, 2000: (https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2000/12/anxiety.aspx)