Enough Talk About the Problem, How About a SOLUTION in Stress Management
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‘Parent and College Students we need a change.’ This is the
headline I read every week or so, as another article gets printed by major
publications talking about the immense problem on college campuses with
mental health across the country.
I have been a family therapist for over 20 years working
with students in HS and College. I am
also a father of two kids 17 and 19 years old. After being around this
population of kids professionally and personally I have concluded one very
important thing---we need to change the way we offer help to them.
The population of young adults will soon be running our
communities. They will be teachers,
police officers, store owners, doctors, nurses and many other
professionals. Many of them will have
long histories of mental health issues that are out of control if we don’t make
a change soon.
The bottom line is we have a large population on most college
campuses of students struggling with anxiety, depression and suicidality.
The stats are shocking:
65% of students with overwhelming anxiety
38% of students with depression
Only 7% of parents report that their student is having
mental health problems
Suicide is now the 2nd leading cause of death in
colleg...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mllehman Tags: featured health and fitness psychology self improvement college mental health stress stress management Source Type: blogs
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