Posted on 06/02/2015 8:50:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Anxiety has now surpassed depression as the most common mental-health diagnosis among college students, according to The New York Times.
A recent study of more than 100,000 students by the Center for Collegiate Mental Health at Penn State found that more than half of students seeking help at campus clinics report anxiety as an issue, and nearly one in six college students has been treated for anxiety in the past year, according to the American College Health Association.
Mental-health counselors on campus attribute numerous factors to this rise, namely academic pressure from a much earlier age and compulsive social-media interaction. And more interesting, counselors say today's students don't have the coping mechanisms necessary to deal with stress that previous generations possessed.
"They can't tolerate discomfort or having to struggle," Dan Jones, director of counseling and psychological services at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, told The Times. "A primary symptom is worrying, and they don't have the ability to soothe themselves."
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We all know the #1 mental disorder on college capuses, nationwide, is Liberalism.
That was on my bucket list. Mission accomplished.
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