Showing posts with label student health center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label student health center. Show all posts

12/16/2011

College Students and the Stigma in Mental Health

By: Richard Failla, Chief Executive Officer

Richard Failla
Reducing stigma in mental health can be as simple as asking for help from your college student health center. There is tremendous pressure on students today to take heavy academic schedules, engage in research projects, and complete comprehensive examinations all in a very short academic semester.

As the pressure and stress of being a student mount it is very easy to succumb to feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. Many students enter college today with a diagnosis of depression or anxiety.