I'd expect to see a sharp increase. Hope is a key component to mental health, as hope erodes people will feel lost and sad.
The very real crisis that many of us have start to feel will only get more pronounced as time goes on. Further resource constraints like less water, additional heat and bad news as people will have to move, causing local instabilities that balloon into regional or international conflict.
The future for young adults is grim, where I live they compete with multinational banks to buy homes. Then end up renting from the same people.
Like many other large issues in our country those entrenched in power have taken the 'it doesn't exist' approach to the current climate destruction. This further exacerbates hopelessness. It is not a very good situation to be in.
