Education
More College Students Seek Help For Mental Health Issues
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Tue, 10/20/2009 - 07:36
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More than 90 percent of therapists working on college campuses say they're seeing more students with mental health problems and with more severe cases, according to results of a new national survey. Officials behind the survey say they think it's because there's more screening for mental health problems today, and the fact that better treatment now makes it possible for students to cope with mental health issues well enough to attend college. (NPR)
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