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College students' mental health under quarantine

College students' mental health under quarantine 

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The continuing pandemic of novel COVID-19 has forced to be in quarantine & designed to keep individuals physically distanced from others but the isolation has exacerbated the behavioral patterns as well as mental patterns. Campus closings and the overall response to the coronavirus has “fundamentally shifted” about their sense of belonging. According to the latest survey on college students and their mental health 3 out of 10 students are facing the problems to tackle the depression and 1 out of 4 is facing anxiety and loneliness. In fact, 45% of college students have said that they experience “more than average stress “ during this quarantine & 87% said they felt repressive by all they had to do.

In the situation of uncertainty surrounding the virus we really really need to be worried about the mental health of students since it has already high rates of anxiety.


Previous year(2019) statics of the mental health of college students.


  • 25% of students have been diagnosed with a mental health condition in the past year.

  • 35% of college students are struggling with a mental health problem.

  • 27% of students in the US  are diagnosed with depression

  • 60.5% are experiencing loneliness one of the most common symptom of depression

  • 21.2% are diagnosed with depression will have lifelong symptoms

  • 2-8% are diagnosed with ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder



50% of students admit to having suicidal thoughts with

the closing of many businesses and places of employment, a significant proportion of working-age adults have lost their jobs. This can be a blow to individuals’ sense of fundamental purpose in life. Due to the closing of many business points and sources of employment, a massive proportion of working-age adult students are losing their employment chances and also their college placement. During quarantine, a sequence of activities is floating around to shake up the mental balance. Amidst of this quarantine, students need their self-esteem need. there is another post on the self steam need of college students in the next blog, you must visit there. For students who are struggling with anxiety, which has surpassed depression as the most common mental health concern on college campuses, the uncertainty regarding the coronavirus is something we really need to be worried about since it has the potential to amplify already high rates of anxiety.
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