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Jeffrey A. Hayes, Professor of Education and Psychology, Penn State

The complex reality of college student mental health: Data reveals both challenges and positive trends

College students are facing mental health challenges, but not all is lost. Bevan Goldswain/Getty Images

The word “crisis” is used frequently and, I would argue, inaccurately, to depict the psychological well-being of today’s college students.

It is true that college students’ mental health has deteriorated in many regards during the past two decades.

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