Mental health issues like depression have long been a popular subject of research due to their prevalence. They also have negative impacts on the sufferers and their loved ones which encourage scientists to look into them more. A first-of-its-kind study was carried out by the researchers from Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). It has been found that in the United States, 27.8 percent of adults had depression symptoms as of mid-April, compared to 8.5 percent before the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings of this interesting research were published in the journal JAMA Network Open. According to study senior author Dr. Sandro Galea, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at BUSPH, depression in the general population after prior large scale traumatic events has been observed to, at most, double.