Forbes September 17, 2023
The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated Latin America’s mental health crisis —now researchers are using online tools to detect and treat those issues among students there.
A Unicef study of the Americas showed 27% of young people reported symptoms of anxiety and 15% reported symptoms of depression, while a third of them identified the economic situation as the main trigger of these states.
Lorena Cudris-Torres, a full Professor at the Universidad de la Costa in Barranquilla, Colombia is helping to develop a border-spanning project called “Yo Puedo Sentirme Bien (I Can Feel Good)” which, she explains, is a web-based method for the detection and treatment of common anxious and depressive symptoms, trialed with undergraduates at seven universities in Colombia and Mexico, aged...
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