From Digital Third Coast
As students prepare to return to college campuses, a new study is shedding light on the struggles many face with mental health over current situations such as the presidential election (64 percent), the Israel-Palestinian conflict (63 percent), and the COVID-19 pandemic (62 percent).
Harmony Healthcare IT surveyed more than 800 undergraduates, nationwide, and found 46 percent have a diagnosed mental health condition, and of those, 44 percent feel that they don’t have the support they need on campus.
Top diagnosed mental health conditions: anxiety (86 percent), depression (78 percent), ADHD (44 percent), PTSD (24 percent), and insomnia (15 percent).
1 in 5 have utilized their campus’s mental health resources, yet 40 percent say it didn’t help.
69 percent of college students are worried about affording the cost of college. This anxiety is so intense that 39 percent say financial stress has negatively impacted their academic performance, and 44 percent have gone so far as to consider dropping out of school.
Other stressors impacting college students’ mental health include global issues, which 1 in 3 students say make it hard to focus on school.