In addition, a survey calculated by the American College Health Association “found a significant increase- to 62 percent in 2016 from 50 percent in 2011- of undergraduates reporting “overwhelming anxiety” in the previous year” (Denizet-Lewis, 2017). More research conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at U.C.L.A. asked incoming freshman if they “felt overwhelmed by all [they] had to do” during their recent year at college. They found that “in 1985, 18 percent said they did. By 2010, that number had increased to 29 percent. Last year, it surged to 41 percent” (Denizet-Lewis, 2017). Evidently, more college students all over America are experiencing more stress and as a result are more prone to developing disorders such as anxiety and depression. Academic demands from colleges are increasing and competition of acception rates are also increasing.
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