Why are college students depressed?

The broad synthesis of these studies is the significant relationship between mental health and the college-age population, specifically college students. Mental health issues, whether influenced by social stressors, stigma, or biological factors, affect long term outcomes and can greatly impact quality of life. Most college students are being exposed to environments that are unfamiliar.

This is a point in our lives where so much is determined for ourselves; it can be seen as the fork in the road in adulthood. It’s only natural that a change this altering affects students mentally, which can range greatly. Although the brain is an amazing work of art, it can’t handle everything at the most optimal level. Being exposed to these high-level stressors on a consistent basis only serves as grounds for the problem to worsen. Based on this background information, we will go into detail about stressors as well as staggering statistics that confirm that students are struggling. These statistics will involve sleep habits, stressors, money insecurity, and more.

Understanding ways to reduce unfavorable actions toward us and other college students going along this path with us will ultimately improve mental health issues found in this demographic.

Sources:
Psychosocial Correlates of Insomnia Among College Students - Yves Paul Vincent Mbous, MEng, BSc Hons, BSc1; Mona Nili, PhD, PharmD, MS, MBA1; Rowida Mohamed, MSc, BPharm1; Nilanjana Dwibedi, PhD, MBA, BPharm

Stress, Mental Health Symptoms, and Help-Seeking
in College Students - Kimberly Hubbard, Paige Reohr, Lauren Tolcher, and Andrew Downs*
University of Portland

Prevalence of depressive tendencies among college students and the influence of attributional styles on depressive tendencies in the post-pandemic era -Ming-ming Luo , Ming Hao , Xu-huan Li , Jing Liao , Chun-mei Wu 2, Qi Wang