depression continue to rise and have reached a peak due to several factors. The researcher cited that students felt immense stress because of the pandemic, political unrest, inequality, and systemic racism.
Mental illness had already been an epidemic before the lockdowns, but this past year made existing conditions worse.“Half of students in fall 2020 screened positive for depression and/or anxiety,” says Sarah Ketchen Lipson, a Boston University mental health researcher and co-lead for the nationwide survey published on February 11, 2021.
The Healthy Minds Network administered the survey online during the fall 2020 semester.The survey found depression in college students had risen to 83 percent, giving way to a decline in their academic.
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