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College students struggling with access to food are more likely to experience issues with mental health. According to a correlational study examining college freshmen living in residence halls from a large southwestern university, students who were food-insecure, were more likely to self-report higher levels of depression and anxiety, compared ...
High school students aspiring to be selected to the best colleges start the college-choice process earlier and make decisions earlier. Financial aid is an important factor in students' college choice process. Rising college prices and the increased need to rely on loans constrain the college choice process for low-income students. [21]
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 ...
Over eight weeks, Herald-Leader reporters and interns set out to look at the mental health needs of Kentucky college students, and how colleges around the state are addressing those needs.
More than one-third of students reported having received psychological or mental health services in the last year, according to the American College Health Association's spring 2024 National ...
Here are some of the services Kentucky’s higher education institutions are offering to support students’ mental health needs. Kentucky college students: Here are the mental health resources ...
The excess stress that people with low SES experience could be inadequate health care, [3] job insecurity, [4] and poverty, [5] which can bring about many other psycho-social and physical stressors like crowding, discrimination, crime, etc. [6] Thus, lower SES predisposes individuals to the development of a mental illness.
U.S. Poverty Trends. Poverty and health are intertwined in the United States. [1] As of 2019, 10.5% of Americans were considered in poverty, according to the U.S. Government's official poverty measure. People who are beneath and at the poverty line have different health risks than citizens above it, as well as different health outcomes.