Report · Health

Most Americans say depression requires help to improve

Reading

In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted Feb. 28 to March 6, 2025, 80% of Americans agreed that seeking help is needed for people with depression to feel better. Including 41% who strongly agree, 25% who moderately agree, and 14% who slightly agree.

About one in eleven disagreed (9%), with 3% who strongly disagree, 3% who slightly disagree, and 2% who moderately disagree. Another 11% were neutral.

Topline

response scale

Topline scale

80% of Americans say seeking help is needed for people with depression.

To what extent do you disagree or agree that seeking help for depression is needed for people with depression to feel better?

  • Strongly agree 40.5%
  • Moderately agree 25.4%
  • Slightly agree 14.1%
  • Neither disagree nor agree 11.2%
  • Strongly disagree 3.5%
  • Slightly disagree 3.2%
  • Moderately disagree 2.2%

2025 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.5%

health

View source

Methodology

Full methodology
Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2025-02-28 → 2025-03-06
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.5%
Module
health

Source

  • 01
    Most Americans say depression requires help to improvereports.verasight.io/reports/verasight-spsp-omnibus-survey-2025-010

Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2025-010, fielded February 28-March 6, 2025, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.5%.

https://reports.verasight.io/reports/verasight-spsp-omnibus-survey-2025-010#q-health-6

Verasight survey methodology

How Verasight conducts surveys.

This page describes the Verasight general survey contract, separate from how the Data Library packages it. Each wave's specific field dates, sample sizes, and module breakdown are listed in that wave's report.

Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
Surveys are run as omnibus or single-topic waves. Omnibus waves are split into modules with their own respondent set, typically around one thousand respondents per module.
Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
Reporting
Every wave is published as a standalone report at verasight.io/reports with full instrument and methodology.
Transparency
AAPOR transparency standards.

Wave-specific methodology, full weighting variable lists, and verbatim instrument text live in each report at verasight.io/reports.