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	Podcast:		UC Science Today
	Episode:		Study finds psychological well-being is worse during one's 20s and 30s
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:01:02
	Publish Date:		2016-12-11 18:00:00
	Description:		The mental health of aging adults seems to consistently improve with age. But in the same study of adults ages 21 to 100, researchers discovered that those in their 20s and 30s had far worse levels of psychological well-being than any other period of adulthood. "I must say, I was actually surprised in our study by this very high level of stress and depression and anxiety that we found in the younger age groups." That’s study leader Dilip Jeste of the University of California, San Diego. He explains that there have been other studies reporting that in one’s twenties, there’s a high level of well-being that slowly comes down towards mid-life and then it starts to improve again. "My personal feeling is that adolescence is a difficult period of life, so how is it possible that suddenly in the twenties you would have the best wellbeing level? That’s not possible. So, I do believe that our findings are more consistent with what is happening, at least now." Jeste adds that their findings suggest more attention should be paid to the mental health of younger adults.
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