America's college students seem to be more stressed than ever, with a new report finding a sharp rise in cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and acute stress disorder (ASD) on campuses across the country.
In a "national sample of U.S. college students, we found a notable increase in the prevalence ofRates of PTSD rose by 4.1 percentage points between 2017 and 2022, andTheir findings were published May 30 in the journalAs Zhai's group explained, any number of events -- campus shootings, sexual assault, physical violence and natural disasters, for example -- can trigger either PTSD or ASD.
The data showed that during the study period 19,349 of the college students had been diagnosed with PTSD, while 1,814 had been given a diagnosis of ASD. The study wasn't designed to detect the main drivers of these trends. However, they "highlight the escalating
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