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Depression: mentally, physically, socially affecting students' lifestyles

Depression: mentally, physically, socially affecting students' lifestyles
About half of all college students reported feeling so depressed that they have trouble functioning, according to a 2004 survey by the American College Health Association.

Almost 15 percent of those students met the criteria for clinical depression.

"Depression affects the way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the way one thinks about things," according to the National Institute of Mental Health Web site.… 6 Comments

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