Mental Health Issues In College Campuses

College students are dealing with mental health issues at some of the highest rates in decades, according to a growing body of research about young adults’ emotional wellbeing, and colleges and universities are not necessarily equipped to assist students’ mental health issues. In 2013, a study conducted by the American College Health Association, found that more than half of college students have experienced “overwhelming anxiety” sometime over the past year. More than thirty percent of students said they have felt so depressed “that it was difficult to function.” Nearly forty percent of students said they “felt things were hopeless.” This uptick in mental health issues among college students has been developing for years, but colleges and universities, and their counseling programs are not always prepared to help students (National College Health Assessment, 2013). I think we can all agree that college campuses are trying to find ways to cope with these mental health struggles, but in …show more content…
Professors should be able to prioritize working with students to illuminate the path of getting through a challenging subject or difficult concept. There is both joy and fulfillment for both the student and the professor when this occurs (Berg & Seeber, 2016, Kindle loc 682). Our students and our professors are having to deal with negative emotions and different anxieties about their performances and identities on our college campuses, and letting both of these populations (the students and the professors) abuse themselves with overwork is ruining people’s health, increasing breakdowns, and is leading both groups to dislike their respective work as a student or a teacher. Professors should lead the model for “vulnerability” and occupy space with students with “silence and stillness” at times to breed confidence in themselves, the classroom, and their