A new survey from the American Psychiatric Association finds most adults feel anxious about the state of the world. Dr. Jon LaPook joins "CBS Mornings Plus" to break down the findings and offer practical ways to protect your mental health.

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A poll conducted by the American Psychiatric Association indicates that two-thirds of American adults are experiencing heightened anxiety about the state of the world, with 62% expressing concerns about their own safety and that of their families. Dr. John Lapuk, CBS News Chief Medical Correspondent, notes a rise in anxiety cases among his patients, attributing it to ongoing global tensions, technological changes, and residual effects from the pandemic, such as mild post-traumatic stress.

Dr. Lapuk advises acknowledging the collective trauma experienced, practicing self-compassion, and creating moments of peace within families. He also highlights the importance of tone in communication, suggesting that a calm and understanding approach can help reduce stress. In-person connections and supportive relationships are recommended as ways to manage ongoing anxiety.

What's driving Americans' growing stress

Are you feeling extra stressed lately? Are you watching too much baseball? Well, there might be something in the air. A poll from the American Psychiatric Association found two-thirds of adults surveyed are feeling anxious about the state of the world, and 62% are worried about their safety and the safety of their families. CBS News Chief Medical Correspondent, Dr. John Lapuk, says he's seeing more anxiety cases among his patients, and he's here to tell us how to handle it. Dr. Lapuk. Good morning. Thank you for making house calls today. Always. John, what are you seeing with your patients, and what does this poll tell you? Well, the poll is consistent with what we're seeing. People are anxious about everything, about jobs, health, technology, AI, and I've been seeing that in my practice, and I've noticed it increasingly over the past year. I did some deep dive on past pandemics to say, well, after the 1918 pandemic and after other big infections, there is a spike in PTSD and anxiety, and I think in our anxiety, in our anxiousness to move past the pandemic, we're kind of forgetting it, and yet it's still there. It's not forgetting about us, so I think you have a baseline of some mild degree of some degree of PTSD in a lot of people. Now, I think, what do you do about that? And what I've been saying to my patients is first of all, naming it and saying, look, we did just go through something really big. On top of that, there's a lot going on in the world, right? No matter what side of the political spectrum you're on, things are charged, and one of the simple things I'm telling them is we all consider ourselves people of the world, hopefully, and we wanna do what we can to help people who are suffering all over the world. We wanna donate money or join organizations or whatever, but you also have to have some grace for yourself, and it's okay to create a little silo for you and your family and have some fun and peace in your family. I think that's something that almost people are relieved when I say like, oh my gosh, I can have permission to do that. How about tone of voice? You did some work on this as well. Yeah, so I did a piece for Sunday morning, it was straight to camera, about the importance of tone of voice. These days, we all know it, right? Tensions are high, and people often start conversations coiled and ready to strike, and what do we really need to do is we have to be uncoiled and ready to listen, and I did this straight to camera, which had to do with very early, the very first voice that you hear, right, which is you're in the crib and your parents come over and they have a certain tone of voice. We'll just roll this to just give you an example of what we're talking about. Babies and toddlers react in predictable ways to both the tone of someone's voice. Did you have a good night's sleep? And the expression on their face. When you woke up, it was your birthday party. Children learn to trust certain voices, even before they can understand the meaning of words. That's my now 33-year-old son, Daniel, yes, and that's my voice. I was literally wondering, I wonder where that kid is now. Yeah, he's 33 and doing great, and he's a social worker doing oncology, and, but, you know, think about it. Those are the first tones that we hear. We learn to trust those, and the opposite is true, and when we hear people coming at us like this with a certain strident tone of voice, it gets us up like that in terms of our defense mechanism, so you have this trifecta, right? You have the pandemic that happened, you have the tone of voice that we're seeing out there, and we have the fact that there's a lot of anxiety in the world, so I think people, just show yourself some grace, and I would say this, get together in person. We have the holidays coming. Zoom, you don't have- And give grace to others. To others, you don't have the same endorphins over Zoom. See each other, call your loved ones. Thank you so much. Thank you very much.

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