It’s a tough time for Generation Z. Mental health problems, specifically mood disorders such as depression and anxiety, are skyrocketing. Gen Z is the
least likely to report good or excellent mental health and the
most likely to report poor or fair mental health. Suicide rates for
US teens and young adults are the
highest ever.
. . .
In their co-authored book,
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure, Haidt and Lukianoff examine Gen Z’s mental health problem. They argue that youths have been immersed in a world characterized by paranoid concerns for safety, which distorts their thoughts and is detrimental to their mental well-being.
“Many university students are learning to think in distorted ways, and this increases their likelihood of becoming fragile, anxious, and easily hurt,” they say.
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