The mental-health toll of the pandemic has affected many lives, but, according to a CDC study, the percent of individuals aged 18 to 29 experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression continues to soar past the national adult average. BU students reflected on the pandemic's mental health challenges on the year anniversary, and said they are still working to get better.
Instead of telling students what to do, BU should work on creating a safer, healthier environment for their students and stop using mental health awareness as a scapegoat for their failures.
When Jessica Frith is awake until 5 a.m., an experience college students know well, she isn’t cramming for a test or getting back from a night out. She’s at home in bed watching Netflix to “decompress”...
