The Affects of College Stress on a Student’s Mental Health and What to Do About It

By: Linda C. Silva

I would like to share these alarming statistics with you:

“According to the American College Health Association (ACHA)…suicide is the second most common cause of death among college students…and 1 in 12 college students has actually made a suicide plan at some point…” ¹

For many students all around the world college = stress! The stress may be caused from constant feelings of being overwhelmed, intense pressure to get good grades, financial restraints and nights with little or no sleep. Speaking from personal experience, my number one stress was keeping my GPA high enough to keep my scholarship as well as to be a competitive candidate for grad school while working a full-time job. There was just so much pressure to perform well.

Postpartum Depression – Local Resources Support Those Suffering from the ‘Baby Blues’

By: Steve Jolly, Director Business Development

Women in the Kansas City area suffering from Postpartum Depression (PPD), a form of clinical depression, have a resource available to them which was founded by a local woman who suffered herself from PPD following the birth of her child. The Pregnancy and Postpartum Resource Center (PPRC), founded by Meeka Centimano, is a non-profit organization that provides confidential phone support, information on area support groups for both mothers and fathers experiencing postpartum adjustment difficulties, as well as providing support to professionals who may contact PPRC for information and resources about mood and anxiety disorders in the pregnancy and postpartum periods.

Kudos to the Adolescent Unit!

By: Peggy Cunningham, NCC, LPC

For the month of February the adolescent unit had an overall mean score of 89.4 on the Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey.  This score ranks them at the 91% for all free standing psychiatric hospitals.  This 91% make this unit a WORLD CLASS UNIT.  Although this unit has fewer beds than any other unit in the hospital they had 46 surveys returned which ties the number of surveys returned from any other unit.