Mental illness among young people is generally something that has tripled in the 2000s. Thisform of mental illness is usually expressed in the form of stress, anxiety and depression.(Socialstyrelsen, 2013) The group of young people who appear to be most exposed to thisconsists of students (Socialstyrelsen 2017; Folkhälsomyndigheten 2018).The purpose of this study was to be able to measure how widespread mental illness really isamong students through an interview with the school curator at Luleå University ofTechnology and a survey to find out why mental health is so prevalent among student.The questions that were prepared for both the survey and the interview with the curator areclosely linked, although the interview is more in-depth.The questions raised in the study were, have you ever experienced mental illness during yourstudy period and whether the students have experienced anxiety or stress. Consequently, thestudents had to answer what the causative factors were, as well as what the students do to bestrecover.The results of the study indicate that almost half of the students (47%) have experiencedmental illness during their studies. However, it is interesting that as many as 32 people (89%)responded that they had experienced the feeling of stress and anxiety during their studies. 32people (64%) of the students who thought they were experiencing stress and anxiety felt thatit was due to the studies.When asked what the students do to recover from mental illness or anxiety no one (0%)answered that they seek professional support in the form of a psychologist or student healthconsular. A bit over half of the people asked (58%) deal with it on their own while one of four(25%) choose to do nothing at all and let it pass. The results of the interview and surveys areto a large extent consistent.Mental illness is a fact among students at the same time as it is a major threat to positivedevelopment in society. The numbers are frightening both when it comes to the number ofstudents who are affected and when it comes to the number of students who are trying to seekprofessional help, mostly because of the prevailing stigma. / Psykisk ohälsa bland unga är generellt sett något som har tredubblats under 2000-talet. Denna form av psykisk ohälsa ter sig oftast i form av stress, ångest och depression (Socialstyrelsen 2013). Den grupp av ungdomar som verkar utsättas för detta i högsta grad består av studenter (Socialstyrelsen 2017; Folkhälsomyndigheten 2018). Syftet med denna studie var att genom en intervju med skolkuratorn på Luleå Tekniska Universitet och en enkätstudie kunna utmäta hur utbrett psykisk ohälsa verkligen är bland studenter samt att ta reda på varför psykisk ohälsa är så utbrett bland studenter. De frågeställningar som förbereddes både för enkätstudien och intervjun med kuratorn är tätt sammankopplade även om intervjun är mer djupgående. Frågeställningarna som framfördes i studien var, har du någonsin under din studieperiod upplevt psykisk ohälsa samt om studenterna har upplevt ångest eller stress. Som följdfråga fick studenterna besvara vad de orsakande faktorerna var enligt de samt vad studenterna brukade göra för att på bästa sätt återhämta sig. Resultaten från studien indikerar på att nästan hälften av alla respondenter (47%) har under sin studietid upplevt psykisk ohälsa, däremot är det intressanta att 32 personer (89%) svarade att de hade upplevt känslan av stress och ångest under sin studietid. 24 personer (64%) av studenterna som tyckte sig uppleva stress och ångest menade på att det berodde på studierna. I frågan om vad studenterna gör för att lättast återhämta sig från psykisk ohälsa eller ångest var det ingen (0%) som svarade att dem uppsöker professionellt stöd i form av psykolog eller studenthälsan. Lite mer än hälften av studenterna (58%) handskas med det på egen hand medans en fjärdedel (25%) väljer att göra ingenting alls och låta det gå över av sig själv. Resultaten av intervjun och enkätundersökningarna stämmer överens i en hög grad. Psykisk ohälsa är ett faktum bland studenter samtidigt som det är ett stort hot för positiv utveckling i samhället. Siffrorna är skrämmande både när det kommer till antal studenter som är drabbade och när det kommer till hur många studenter som faktiskt försöker söka professionell hjälp, detta mest på grund av den rådande stigmatiseringen.

The aim of this study was to examine how the portrayed images of mental ill-health has been constructed and re-constructed in the online publications of the tabloid Aftonbladet, in the year of 2004 and 2014. The study also examined similarities and differences in the portrayed images of mental ill-health published by the writers, recurred as metaphors. The study also aimed to increase awareness and understanding about how conveyed images in news media about mental ill-health can influence people. The study is grounded in a social constructionist approach and the collected data was analyzed with impression management, the looking glass self and performativity. The result indicated similarities concerning that Sweden’s mental ill- health increases, and a taboo about the mental ill-health. Differences in the result indicated distinction in modality between the years, i.e. with how much certainty the portrayed images were published. The result showed a more alarming situation concerning mental ill-health 2014 than 2004. In the empiric of 2014 the conveyed image appeared slightly more bound to person and the stressed environment of the contemporary individual was portrayed as the cause of the increase of mental ill- health. Recurring, images of certain exposed groups were portrayed as victims of the mental ill-health. The social worker has an important task revealing how the prevailing conceptions about mental ill-health in society affects the social work as well as the client. / <p>Andra författaren Maria Carlzon heter numera Maria Fransson.</p>

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