Here is a paper showing health anxiety increased among undergraduates from 1985-2017, but they found no evidence that increased internet access contributed to this.
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Three decades of increase in health anxiety: Systematic review and meta-analysis of birth cohort changes in university student samples from 1985 to 2017
Health anxiety can be defined as a multifaceted trait that is primarily characterised by a fear of, or preoccupation with, serious illness. Whereas lo…
