\u201cI don\u2019t know anyone [at Yale] who hasn\u2019t had therapy. It\u2019s a big culture on campus,\u201d says a rosy-cheeked undergraduate in a pink sweatshirt. She is nestled in a couch in the subsidized coffee shop adjacent to Yale\u2019s Good Life Center, where students can sip sustainably sourced espresso and $3 tea lattes. \u201cNinety percent of the people I know have at least tried.\u201d For every 20 of her friends, this sophomore estimates, four have bipolar disorder\u2014as does she, she says.<\/p>\n
Another young woman scanning her computer at a sunlit table in the caf\u00e9 says that all her friends \u201cstruggle with mental health here. We talk a lot about therapy approaches to improve our mental health versus how much is out of your control, like hormonal imbalances.\u201d Yale\u2019s dorm counselors readily refer freshmen to treatment, she says, because most have been in treatment themselves. Indeed, they are selected because they have had an \u201cadversity experience\u201d at Yale, she asserts.<\/p>\n
Such voices represent what is universally deemed a mental-health crisis on college campuses. More than one in three students report having a mental-health disorder. Student use of therapy nationally rose almost 40 percent from 2009 to 2015, while enrollment increased by only 5 percent, according to the Center for Collegiate Mental Health at Pennsylvania State University. At smaller colleges, 40 percent or more of the student body has gone for treatment; at Yale, over 50 percent of undergraduates seek therapy.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n Why are college students seeking mental-health services in record numbers? https:\/\/t.co\/3UzUPEr83b<\/a> via @HMDatMI<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 City Journal (@CityJournal) May 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n