Dive Summary:
- According to a survey released today by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, over 62% of students who withdrew from college with mental health problems did so because of those problems.
- The survey included 765 people diagnosed with a mental health condition and currently enrolled in college or who were enrolled in the last five years, and was intended to gauge whether colleges are meeting students' mental health needs and how the NAMI can better support those students' academic experience.
- Most of the students who withdrew because of their illness suffered from depression, bipolar disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder, and half of them reported that they didn't take advantage of campus mental health services because, in some cases, they didn't know those services were available.
From the article:
More than 62 percent of students who withdrew from college with mental health problems did so for that reason, a new national survey shows. The survey, released today by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, aims to gauge, based on student perceptions, whether colleges are meeting students' mental health needs and how they can better support those students' academic experience. The results are mixed. ...