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Post-secondary students experience stress from a variety of sources in their daily life, including academics. [6] [7] In a 2017 American College Health Association report, 47.5% of post-secondary students claimed that they considered their academic stress to be 'traumatic or very difficult to handle.’ [9] Disturbed sleep patterns, social problems, and homesickness are all major factors that ...
Six in 10 college students say they’ve been diagnosed with a mental health condition. Are colleges prepared to handle students’ mental health issues as campuses fill up this fall?
Mental health in education is the impact that mental health (including emotional, psychological, and social well-being) has on educational performance.Mental health often viewed as an adult issue, but in fact, almost half of adolescents in the United States are affected by mental disorders, and about 20% of these are categorized as “severe.” [1] Mental health issues can pose a huge problem ...
The American College Health Association’s National College Health Assessment noted that 1.1% of college students made an attempt to commit suicide; citing that many other factors such as loneliness, issues within academics, relationships, money problems, and general helplessness play into that statistic. [21]
Colleges can be a hotbed for germs with so many students living in close quarters. So making sure your teen knows the symptoms of certain health conditions — especially more serious ones — and ...
Outside of the party drug culture, some students today turn to drugs as a way of self-medicating, says family physician and college health expert Dr. Jill Grimes. - sturti/E+/Getty Images
An American Psychiatric Association survey "Healthy Minds" found that the rate of mental health treatment among college students increased from 19 percent in 2007 to 34 percent by 2017. The percentage of students who reported lifetime diagnoses increased from 22 percent to 36 percent.
Five student-athletes have died by suicide recently, putting the onus on the NCAA to better treat mental health among its athletes. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images)