Summary: A Suffering Generation

The article from College Quarterly, entitled “A Suffering Generation: Six factors Contributing to the Mental Health crisis in North America,” details the struggles students in higher education institutions are facing today, and the major contributors for mental health problems among these students. The author details the review of literature from previous research studies in this field, noting the increase in the number of students seeking out psychological care while in college, as well as the issues forming from lack of funding necessary to treat students for their unique mental health concerns. The result of more students needing support has driven many institutions to face “difficulty meeting staffing demands during peak times, staff burnout, decreased attention to students with less serious needs and the need to end cases prematurely [because their centers are] underfunded and understaffed (2013, Flatt, p. 3). With more students coming in with complex issues, such as anxiety, depression, and other serious health problems, the author determines the immediate need for more funding so these students’ …show more content…
3). The millennial generation is the target of stud, as these students are considered to typify the “coddled” student unlike previous generations who have attended college Students are coming into institutions with unique preconceived notions of the college experience, and personal experiences unlike their predecessors. Many of the issues they face in college begin long before they walk into their institutions of higher education, and college and university staff is facing the brunt with having to find ways to deal with the current mental health