Harvard Students Are Twice as Mentally Ill

The Ivy League is having a mental health crisis. “Forty-seven percent of surveyed seniors indicated that they experienced mental illness at some point in their time at Harvard, and 13 percent said they were unsure,” according to a survey of the Class of 2026 conducted by the Harvard Crimson student newspaper. That’s more than double the rate of the general adult U.S. population, which the federal government’s National Institute of Mental Health estimates at 23.1 percent, noting that “Mental illnesses include many different conditions that vary in degree of severity, ranging from mild to moderate to severe.” Read Full Article »