Mental Health

Colleges are placing counselors in residential and academic buildings to reduce the stigma around seeking mental health services and make it easier for students to get the help they need.

A new national survey finds that half of U.S. college students rate their mental health as fair, poor, or terrible, but are more aware of available help on campus.

Inside Higher Ed highlights efforts by a California college’s basic needs department and other institutions where students have been upended by wildfires and floods.

Inside Higher Ed recently highlighted schools, including Georgetown University, that are implementing policies to ensure students on a mental health leave of absence have the resources and support they need…

Dylan Hughes (M’28), describes how the Academy for Research, Clinical, and Health Equity Scholarship (ARCHES) program helped him find his way to Georgetown University’s School of Medicine.

In a 2022 survey, 7.5% of U.S. college students reported a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, more than double the rate from five years earlier, signaling the need for…

A new report finds that first-generation students, low-income students, and students from historically marginalized communities felt less satisfied and a lower sense of belonging during their first year of college…

A new report finds that college students who face discrimination have higher levels of mental health distress than their peers. Campus efforts that support diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB)…

To meet growing student demand for mental health support, U.S. colleges and universities have partnered with third-party teletherapy companies to ensure students have access to they help they need, whenever…

Writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education, an expert on mental health and disability calls on faculty to establish clear lines of communication with students and seek institutional support.