In a Fight Against Depression, UCLA Relies on Technology

In what amounts to a research moonshot, the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) aims to "cut the burden of depression in half" by 2050 and to eliminate it by the end of the century. But before the university starts treating the world, it’s begun treating its own students.

[This is an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education, America’s leading higher education publication. It is presented here under an agreement with University World News.]

In a study conducted since last year as part of the Depression Grand Challenge – an interdisciplinary research project that adopts the popular ‘grand challenge’ format to solve major social or scientific problems – UCLA researchers have used an online program to measure the anxiety and depression levels of nearly 4,000 students.

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