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  Mental health disorders surge among college students returning to campus

  Posted by Tia on 21 August 2020 at 4:12 pm

  The coronavirus pandemic has brought an onslaught of challenges for college students: virtual learning, financial responsibilities in the face of unemployment and an unwavering worry over possible infection.

  Now, a new report on thousands of university students across nine public research institutions in the U.S. shows how those challenges manifest internally, with more than a third revealing they have been experiencing significant mental health problems.

  Students who said they did not adapt well to remote learning also experienced higher levels of anxiety and depression compared to other subgroups, the report said. The findings come as universities across the nation reverse fall learning plans and send their students home as COVID-19 cases surge on campuses.

  “As the pandemic continues, universities need to be prepared for a surge of student requests for mental health services in the fall and beyond,” Igor Chirikov, a senior researcher at the CSHE and director of the Student Experience in the Research University Consortium, said in a news release. “Current plans to continue education with remote or hybrid instruction won’t be effective without adequate resources for mental health support programs.”

  Are we going to continue to allow students to have their education disrupted or accept that COVID-19 is now another endemic virus that is here to stay, Influenzas kill more people worldwide and we didn’t shut the world down last winter for that!

  

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