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Technology and College Student Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities
In recent years, there has been an increase in symptoms of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental illnesses in college student populations. Simultaneously, there has been a steady rise in the demand for counseling services. These trends have been viewed by some as a mental health cr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6476258/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31037061 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00246 |
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description | In recent years, there has been an increase in symptoms of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental illnesses in college student populations. Simultaneously, there has been a steady rise in the demand for counseling services. These trends have been viewed by some as a mental health crisis requiring prompt investigation and the generation of potential solutions to serve the needs of students. Subsequently, several studies linked the observed rise in symptoms with the ubiquitous rise in use of personal computing technologies, including social media, and have suggested that time spent on these types of technologies is directly correlated with poor mental health. While use of personal computing technologies has dramatically shifted the landscape in which college students connect with one another and appears to have some detriments to mental health, the same technologies also offer a number of opportunities for the enhancement of mental health and the treatment of mental illness. Here, we describe the challenges and opportunities for college student mental health afforded by personal computing technologies. We highlight opportunities for new research in this area and possibilities for individuals and organizations to engage with these technologies in a more helpful and wellness-promoting manner. |
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spelling | pubmed-64762582019-04-29 Technology and College Student Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities Lattie, Emily G. Lipson, Sarah Ketchen Eisenberg, Daniel Front Psychiatry Psychiatry In recent years, there has been an increase in symptoms of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental illnesses in college student populations. Simultaneously, there has been a steady rise in the demand for counseling services. These trends have been viewed by some as a mental health crisis requiring prompt investigation and the generation of potential solutions to serve the needs of students. Subsequently, several studies linked the observed rise in symptoms with the ubiquitous rise in use of personal computing technologies, including social media, and have suggested that time spent on these types of technologies is directly correlated with poor mental health. While use of personal computing technologies has dramatically shifted the landscape in which college students connect with one another and appears to have some detriments to mental health, the same technologies also offer a number of opportunities for the enhancement of mental health and the treatment of mental illness. Here, we describe the challenges and opportunities for college student mental health afforded by personal computing technologies. We highlight opportunities for new research in this area and possibilities for individuals and organizations to engage with these technologies in a more helpful and wellness-promoting manner. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6476258/ /pubmed/31037061 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00246 Text en Copyright © 2019 Lattie, Lipson and Eisenberg http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry Lattie, Emily G. Lipson, Sarah Ketchen Eisenberg, Daniel Technology and College Student Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities |
title | Technology and College Student Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities |
title_full | Technology and College Student Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities |
title_fullStr | Technology and College Student Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities |
title_full_unstemmed | Technology and College Student Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities |
title_short | Technology and College Student Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities |
title_sort | technology and college student mental health: challenges and opportunities |
topic | Psychiatry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6476258/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31037061 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00246 |
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