In a greater than 2,000-word article, the AP (11/25, Binkley, Fenn) reports that an increasing number of “college students are turning to their schools for help with anxiety, depression and other mental health problems, and many must wait weeks for treatment or find help elsewhere as campus clinics struggle to meet demand, an Associated Press review of more than three dozen public universities found.” At some institutes of higher education, “the number of students seeking treatment has nearly doubled over the last five years while overall enrollment has remained relatively flat.” This increase has been associated with “reduced stigma around mental health, along with rising rates of depression and other disorders.” The increase has also led to longer wait times at student clinics when those clinics cannot hire enough mental health clinicians to meet demand.
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— “As stigma ebbs, college students seek mental health help, “Collin Binkley and Larry Fenn, AP, November 25, 2019