Western countries have seen an increase in the number of young people experiencing mental health problems such as stress, anxiety and depression in recent years. This means that programme advice and counselling services are facing increased pressure. In a research project entitled "Student life and psychosocial problems: Young people's identity processes and communities in higher education" associate professors Lone Krogh Kjær-Rasmussen and Annie Aarup Jensen, along with two colleagues from Roskilde University, examine how society can understand and support young people with mental health difficulties while also seeing them as active and resourceful participants – including as students. In conjunction with programme advice and counselling services, the researchers will also develop methods for supportive and preventative measures for students with psychosocial challenges.