https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gqtOfZG2sSanWgUdzn-lx-pwSXZ... has the source report.

> Participants were asked to rate their mental health on a scale of 0 to 10... average the full sample of participants reported a mental health score of 6.12. [...] In addition, participants took the 10-Question Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (Kessler et al., 2002). Participants were asked ten questions rating how often they experience specific feelings related to distress on a scale from 1 to 5.

> Table 16 describes paired sample t-tests of the participants who completed the enrollment survey and six-month follow-up survey. While participants from none of the groups showed statistically significant changes,

This should probably have been a period and end of paragraph instead of a comma.

But does it decline relative to a control? I would expect the mental health of the homeless who don't receive the cash to decline, so perhaps the cash lessens or doesn't affect the decline.

Mental health declining over time for people experiencing extreme economic hardship sounds morally wrong to me, but unfortunately, it also sounds very plausible.

> However, researchers did report that all participants showed declines in overall mental health.

Sounds like it's accurate.

Living in a capitalist hellscape will do that to you.