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Oct 1, 2022 · By nearly every metric, student mental health is worsening. During the 2020–2021 school year, more than 60% of college students met the criteria for at least one mental health problem, according to the Healthy Minds Study, which collects data from 373 campuses nationwide (Lipson, S. K., et al., Journal of Affective Disorders, Vol. 306, 2022).
Of those students, 55% cited emotional stress as one of the reasons — 47% cited “personal mental health reasons.” Mental health also prevents enrollment. Mental health is also a major factor preventing people from accessing higher education. The Gallup/Lumina study also examined barriers to enrollment in higher education.
Jan 1, 2023 · Finally, structural factors that affect millions of U.S. children, including poverty, food insecurity, homelessness, and lack of access to health care and educational opportunities, can lead to stress-response patterns that are known to underlie mental health challenges.
Apr 23, 2021 · Above all, we reiterate that college student mental health is in crisis during the pandemic and call for increased attention and interventions on this issue. More than eight in ten students in our study had moderate to severe stress, and more than one thirds of students experienced moderate to severe anxiety and/or depression.
- Jungmin Lee, Hyun Ju Jeong, Sujin Kim
- 2021
Oct 16, 2023 · Whether it’s from stress, anxiety, depression, or thoughts of suicide, the mental health of America’s adolescents and teens has grown steadily worse for more than a decade, with the...
- mstone@educationweek.org
- Assistant Managing Editor
Apr 23, 2022 · Why are so many American teenagers feeling anxious, depressed and even suicidal? Our video looks at the science behind the teen mental health crisis. Credit Credit... The New York Times
Mar 31, 2022 · According to the new data, in 2021, more than a third (37%) of high school students reported they experienced poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 44% reported they persistently felt sad or hopeless during the past year. The new analyses also describe some of the severe challenges youth encountered during the pandemic:
