The Importance of the Topic and its Research
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What it Means:
With such high rates of mental illness and depression among, not just young people, but all people is astonishing and it deserves immediate attention. Finding ways to treat or prevent mental illness, even in small steps, gets us closer and closer to helping all the people that need it, some more than others. |
-One out of every five young people and one out of ever
four college students or adults suffers from some form of diagnosable mental illness. -About 19 percent of young people contemplate or attempt suicide each year. -Suicide is the third leading cause of death among people ages 15-24, and the second leading cause of death in college students ages 20-24. -44 percent of American college students reported feeling symptoms of depression. |