Mental Health by https://padlet.com/241881/vdnm8dqaxesk 1st project for final en-us 2017-05-11 18:48:07 UTC 2017-06-02 05:30:22 UTC hello@padlet.com MENTAL HEALTH 241881 https://padlet.com/241881/vdnm8dqaxesk/wish/171346889 "I want to know why my generation has the highest levels of anxiety and other mental illnesses?"]]> 2017-05-11 18:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/241881/vdnm8dqaxesk/wish/171346889 241881 https://padlet.com/241881/vdnm8dqaxesk/wish/171352018 young people have begun seeking help for mental health problems at a higher rate than any other generation in history. why is this? is it because they are special snowflakes that need lots of time and attention? is it because they get offended so easily and need to learn how to take a joke? or is it just that they are better at asking for help than older generations? young men and women are seeking more treatment for issues such as depression, anxiety, and self harm problems than any other generation.]]> 2017-05-11 19:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/241881/vdnm8dqaxesk/wish/171352018 241881 https://padlet.com/241881/vdnm8dqaxesk/wish/171353540 Because young people have  grown up in such a digital age their self esteem is now largely based off of the internet and the things that they see. The things that they have a tendency to see on the internet are setting unrealistic expectations for their bodies and the way that they should act, for some people, this will be the cause of depression, eating disorders, and other problems.

]]> 2017-05-11 19:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/241881/vdnm8dqaxesk/wish/171353540 241881 https://padlet.com/241881/vdnm8dqaxesk/wish/174885739 In 2004, the department of education conducted a survey of 13,000 14 year olds and approximately 37% said that they have felt or feel unhappy, worthless, or unable to concentrate which is a 4% increase from 2010. According to child and adolescent psychologist Betsy de Thierry, “The pressure on young people these days is absolutely extraordinary – it has never been the same before. They’re living with lots of stress – their parents desperately wanting them to do well because of financial pressures, teachers wanting them to do well because they’ll be assessed,”]]> 2017-06-01 20:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/241881/vdnm8dqaxesk/wish/174885739 241881 https://padlet.com/241881/vdnm8dqaxesk/wish/174918127 another reason that my generation is increasingly more anxious and depressed according to theage.com.au is because our generation is the most educated generation in history, yet we will have a significantly more difficult time finding, and being able to hold permanent jobs after college. There are other reasons according to The Age, such as modern household stresses such as domestic abuse, consistent fighting between parents, and soaring divorce rates, the generations online addiction because of having grown up in such an online and digitally based time in history, and the constantly dissolving boundaries that makes us feel safe, ]]> 2017-06-02 03:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/241881/vdnm8dqaxesk/wish/174918127 241881 https://padlet.com/241881/vdnm8dqaxesk/wish/174919381 In her book 'Generation Z: Their voices, Their lives.", Whole Combi writes that she has "found that Generation Z are selfish, violent, scared, sex-obsessed and apathetic." She has also found them "delightful, curious, kind, and worried about their futures.'' All of these things are affecting their mental health at rates higher than any previous generation. The average high school student today has the same or even higher amounts of anxiety than mentally ill patients during the 1950's]]> 2017-06-02 03:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/241881/vdnm8dqaxesk/wish/174919381 BIBLIOGRAPHY 241881 https://padlet.com/241881/vdnm8dqaxesk/wish/174924444 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/10/generation-z-latest-data-teens

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/four-things-making-generationz-miserable-20151209-gljjfw.html

“Generation Z: their voices, their lives.” -Chloe Combi

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