Rates of depression among college students jumped 135% from 2013 to 2021 – with anxiety increasing 110%, study finds
- The number of college students experiencing anxiety or depression more than doubled from 2013 to 2021, a new study finds
- Rates of depression among college students increased 135% while anxiety rates surged 110% over that period
- While COVID-19 played a role in the increase, figures had been trending upwards for years before the pandemic
- Meanwhile, America is suffering from a massive shortage of therapists, with only 500,000 licensed around the country
The number of college students experiencing depression or anxiety has more than doubled over the last eight years, a new study finds.
Researchers at Boston University (BU) found that the number of students suffering from depression jumped 135 percent from 2013 to 2021. This came alongside a 110 percent increase in anxiety cases across the same time period.
While lockdowns, school closures and disruptions to everyday life caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are partly to blame for rises in recent years, experts warn the issues run much deeper. They also not that the years a person is in college are also coincidentally the years where a person is most likely to develop life-lasting mental health problems.
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