Dwyer, L. (2014, October 03). When Anxiety Hits at School.

Schools report spike in stress, anxiety among students. In recent years, there has been a reported spike in stress and anxiety among U.S. youths, attributed in part to technology and academic and personal pressures. Now, school nurses and counselors say they are seeing increasingly serious side effects of the stress, leading them to adapt their practices to meet students’ evolving needs.