(NewsNation) — How much of a role does social media play in mental health diagnosis?
Dr. Drew Pinsky, director of The Wellness Company, told NewsNation host Leland Wittert on Tuesday that the “over-labeling” of mental health issues is getting “out of control.” .
“I added a hashtag. Peer pressure,” Pinsky said on “On Balance.”
Pinsky is better known as “Dr. ‘Drew’ blamed the coronavirus lockdown for contributing to mental health issues, saying: ‘We have destroyed an entire population of young people.’ At the same time, Pincy said: “As long as it doesn’t interfere with functioning. It’s probably not a disease. …We have become a nation unwilling to tolerate the misery of ordinary life.”
More than a third of college students asked in a Gallup survey said they had considered dropping out, and most said it was because of emotional stress or mental health issues.
The Lumina Foundation and Gallup 2024 State of Higher Education Survey conducted last fall found that 35% of the 14,032 current and prospective students surveyed had considered leaving their program in the past six months. I found out that it was reported that
Of these students, 54% reported mental stress and 43% reported mental health as a reason for wanting to drop out. The third most common reason was cost, at 31%.
NewsNation’s Cassie Buchman contributed to this report.
