Brinn Gammer | Prioritize wellbeing over résumé building
(11/11/21 5:57am)
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was clear that many college students were not doing well. Researchers noticed an increase in students entering college with psychiatric diagnoses and increasingly using mental health services for many conditions including depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, and ADHD. There are now college rankings on how depressed a school’s student body is. If you listen to students’ conversations around many college campuses, you’ll likely hear conversations about sleep deprivation, hefty workloads, overcommitment, and burnout.