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DISCLAIMER The materials listed in this section are designed to assist you in finding out more about depression. However, they should not be used as a substitute for medical advice, counseling or other health-related services. We are not able to monitor this web site for crisis messages or make referrals. |
Depression and College Students "College-age students are more likely to experience mental illness than other age groups, in part because many mental illnesses become symptomatic during these years. It appears that colleges and universities have experienced increasing enrollment of students with pre-existing mental illness and concurrently the number of students with more complex and severe mental health problems has increased. In addition, a linear increase and a doubling of the numbers of students seen with depression over the past decade has been described. Over the course of a single year, 1 in 12 college students in the United States will make a suicide plan, and 7 of every 100,000 college students die each year from suicide. Moreover, the presence of psychological difficulties may not be easily recognized by staff and faculty, as there are significant motivators for students to deny or hide symptoms of mental illness. Students may come from families or cultures that have strong prohibitions with respect to admitting the presence of mental illness, and these students tend to visit mental health professionals at lower rates. One barrier for these students may be the fear of ostracism from friends and social groups, or family shame. They also may be unwilling to confide in teachers and advisors whom they look to for graduate or job recommendations." - Report of the Mental Health Work Group To find out more about depression on college campuses, visit:
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