How does reading help students' mental health?

It's late at night, turn off the lights and lie in bed, turn on the Weibo; Weibo has finished brushing, changing friends circle and chatting with friends who leave messages; Are there any interesting questions in Zhihu today? Open Zhihu to see; Tik Tok, the blogger should be updated today, open Tik Tok. ...

Unconsciously, two hours passed.

Didn't you say to read a few pages before going to bed? He also said that reading a book in two weeks is all fake!

The ubiquitous use of social media will lead to less reading of books. But in addition to increasing knowledge, deepening cultural depth and broadening temperament, reading has too many benefits, and reading can also improve mental health.

The benefits of "reading therapy"

It was American J.M. galt who first discussed the concept of "book therapy" (also called "reading therapy") from the perspective of modern science. 1848 talked about book therapy research in the paper "On Reading, Entertainment and Re-creation of Psychopaths" read at the annual meeting of American psychiatrists. Organizations such as the American Library Association provide a large number of bibliographic resources on their websites, but these groups are not common, so such bibliographic resources are rarely used.

Reading can make people more focused and improve work efficiency. Reading can also improve memory and keep brain thinking, thus preventing aging. Italian research also found that reading can help patients with advanced cancer to relieve pain; British psychiatrists have found that reading can have a positive impact on patients with mild or moderate depression; The British Book Club commissioned the "Mental Laboratory" of the University of Sussex to conduct research and found that reading can reduce stress.