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Rates of depression among college students have in the past decade. A new study from Boston University reports that the number of students anxiety or depression more than between 2013 and 2021. They that the number of students from anxiety jumped by 110 per cent. The number of students with depression by 135 per cent over the eight-year period of the study. In 2021, over 60 per cent of students the criteria for having some form of mental illness. This is double the rate from eight years ago. Alarm bells are now among mental health therapists. However, the number of students therapy has by 18 per cent.

Rates of depression among students had on an upward trend even before 2013. Researcher Dr Sarah Lipson said: "College a key developmental time. The age of onset for lifetime mental health problems also directly with traditional college years." She said: "Living in a new setting, and away from home, can often overwhelming and stressful circumstances." She that 75 per cent of lifetime mental health problems will present in people by the age of 24. Dr Lipson the COVID-19 pandemic, the loneliness of lockdowns, and school closures as factors that this mental health crisis. Many students for their future, which they see as increasingly full of uncertainty.