Posted on April 30th, 2022

While many COVID-19 restrictions and mandates have eased, allowing college students to return to the classroom, continued racial strife, negative effects from frequent social media usage and the aftermath of the pandemic continue to impact student mental health throughout the U.S.

According to a survey conducted by Inside Higher Ed in March, students were more than twice as likely to rate their overall mental health as “poor” (22 percent) than “excellent” (9 percent), with 56 percent responding “fair” or “poor.”

During Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s first Mental Health and Wellness Week, Rutgers Today spoke to Jennifer Jones-Damis, acting director of Counseling, Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program & Psychiatric Services (CAPS) at Rutgers-New Brunswick, and Kelly Moore, director of the Center for Psychological Services at the Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) to learn more about these mental health issues.

Source: https://www.rutgers.edu/news/impact-pandemic-social-media-and-racial-trauma-mental-health