"We are way too stressed": Balancing Academic Priorities with Mental Health and Wellness Among Life Science Undergraduates.

ABSTRACT: Recent calls to prioritize mental health discussions in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathemathics (STEM) have gained momentum, driven by alarming reports on the prevalence of mental health issues within STEM disciplines. Research has extensively studied anxiety and depression in both STEM graduate and undergraduate students, but there has been little focus on the overall mental health of life science undergraduates. We examined how undergraduate life science students perceive support for mental health in their classes, how their major influences their mental health, and how students manage these challenges. To investigate these ideas, we conducted semistructured interviews with 20 life science undergraduate students at a commuter, primarily undergraduate institution with a diverse

SUBMITTER: Navarro A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12286636 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature