Technology and College Student Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities
Technology and College Student Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities
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DOI：
10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00246
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发表时间：
2019-04-15
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Eisenberg, Daniel
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作者：
Lattie, Emily G.;Lipson, Sarah Ketchen;Eisenberg, Daniel
近年来，大学生中抑郁、焦虑、饮食失调和其他精神疾病的症状有所增加。与此同时，对咨询服务的需求也在稳步增长。这些趋势被一些人视为心理健康危机，需要立即调查并制定潜在的解决方案来满足学生的需求。随后，几项研究将观察到的症状增加与个人计算技术（包括社交媒体）使用的普遍增加联系起来，并表明在这些类型的技术上花费的时间与心理健康状况不佳直接相关。虽然个人计算技术的使用极大地改变了大学生相互联系的格局，并且似乎对心理健康产生了一些损害，但同样的技术也为增强心理健康和治疗心理疾病提供了许多机会。在这里，我们描述了个人计算技术给大学生心理健康带来的挑战和机遇。我们强调该领域新研究的机会以及个人和组织以更有帮助和促进健康的方式参与这些技术的可能性。
In recent years, there has been an increase in symptoms of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental illnesses in college student populations. Simultaneously, there has been a steady rise in the demand for counseling services. These trends have been viewed by some as a mental health crisis requiring prompt investigation and the generation of potential solutions to serve the needs of students. Subsequently, several studies linked the observed rise in symptoms with the ubiquitous rise in use of personal computing technologies, including social media, and have suggested that time spent on these types of technologies is directly correlated with poor mental health. While use of personal computing technologies has dramatically shifted the landscape in which college students connect with one another and appears to have some detriments to mental health, the same technologies also offer a number of opportunities for the enhancement of mental health and the treatment of mental illness. Here, we describe the challenges and opportunities for college student mental health afforded by personal computing technologies. We highlight opportunities for new research in this area and possibilities for individuals and organizations to engage with these technologies in a more helpful and wellness-promoting manner.