Fighting the Mental-Health Crisis Narrative
Do young people misunderstand everyday stress?
"Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Even before the pandemic, college counseling centers described being overwhelmed, not nearly able to meet students’ need for help handling mental-health challenges. Amid rising overall rates of anxiety and depression, researchers report an increase in social anxiety, among late adolescents and college students in particular. That’s contributed to what has been described as an epidemic of loneliness.
But an intriguing news release this past February from Richard Shadick, chair of the communications committee at AUCCCD, the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors, takes a different tack...."
For the full article, visit: https://www.chronicle.com/article/fighting-the-mental-health-crisis-narrative