Researchers from Boston University discovered in a study that between 2013 and 2021, there was a 135 percent increase in the number of students who reported having depression. Additionally, within the same time span, anxiety cases increased by 110 percent.
Lockdowns, school closings, and interruptions to daily life brought on by Covid-19 are a few causes of this crisis, but experts caution that there are deeper issues at play.
According to the experts, a person’s chance of developing lifelong mental health issues coincides with the years they attend college.
College is an ideal time for the development of these issues, according to a statement by Dr. Sarah Lipson, assistant professor at Boston University. At this age, the onset of mental health issues for life can be seen. 75% of mental health issues that last a lifetime start by the age of 24.
Researchers gathered information from 350,000 students from 300 US schools in a study that was published in the journal Affective Disorders.
Even before the Covid-19 outbreak, the researchers noticed an upsurge in mental health issues year over year.
This fact is about US. There will be almost same situation about rest of the world. What are the facts about Pakistan in this regard? How to train youngsters to manage stress? I will write article on these issues in detail.