焦虑症正困扰着美国大学生

Anxious, the college disease

焦虑症，大学的疾病

Anxiety has now surpassed depression as the most common mental health diagnosis among US college students, though depression, too, is on the rise.

尽管抑郁症的发病率也在上升，但焦虑症现已超过抑郁症成为美国大学生最常见的精神健康疾病。

More than half of students visiting campus clinics cite anxiety as a health concern, according to a recent study of more than 100,000 students nationwide by the Center for Collegiate Mental Health at Penn State.

宾州州立大学大学生心理健康中心近期针对全美超过10万名大学生的研究发现，超过一半的大学生都因为焦虑影响健康而去校内诊所治疗。

Nearly one in six college students has been diagnosed with or treated for anxiety within the last 12 months.

在过去的12个月中，有近六分之一的大学生被诊断患有焦虑症或正因焦虑症而接受治疗。

The causes range widely, experts say, from mounting academic pressure at earlier ages to overprotective parents to compulsive engagement with social media.

专家称，引发焦虑症的原因有很多，包括早年积累的学业压力、家长过分溺爱以及过度依赖社交网络等。

Anxiety has become emblematic of the current generation of college students.

焦虑已经成为当代大学生的一种标志。