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PTSD Has Surged Among College Students

The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among college students rose to 7.5 percent in 2022, more than double the rate five years earlier, researchers found.

Β© Tristan Spinski for The New York Times

The campus of Colby College in Waterville, Maine, in 2020.

Are Schools Too Focused on Mental Health?

Recent studies cast doubt on whether large-scale mental health interventions are making young people better. Some even suggest they can have a negative effect.

Β© Sandra Mickiewicz for The New York Times

Portrait of Lucy Foulkes and Jack Andrews outside the Department of Experimental Psychology in Oxford.

Campus Protests Give Russia, China and Iran Fuel to Exploit U.S. Divide

America’s adversaries have mounted online campaigns to amplify the social and political conflicts over Gaza flaring at universities, researchers say.

Β© Amir Hamja/The New York Times

A protester with a Palestinian flag on a Columbia University building on Monday. So far, there is little evidence that U.S. adversaries have provided material or organizational support to the protests.
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