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According to the online telegraph newspaper, the number of teenagers suffering with anxiety and depression has risen 70% in the last 25 years. The number of young people aged 16-24 has more than doubled between 1984 and 2013. 78% of people on The Student Room website felt a ‘huge expectation’ to do a degree.

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Page 1: Pressures

According to the online telegraph newspaper, the number of teenagers

suffering with anxiety and depression has risen 70% in the last 25 years.

The number of young people aged 16-24 has more than doubled between 1984 and

2013.

78% of people on The Student Room website felt a ‘huge expectation’ to do a

degree.

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81% of 12-18 year old said their top teenage stress point was their studies/doing well at school.

68% of those questioned today believe that today’s generation have to endure

more hardship than young people 40 years ago.

The number of young people aged 16-24 has more than doubled between 1984 and

2013.

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67% of students we questioned at Solihull Sixth form said they felt pressured about

making decisions for their future.