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3. College and mental health: the need, the resources and the reality
Wed May 12, 2021, 07:23 PM
May 2021

Colleges/universities will craft campus policies and resources to match their views. Unfortunately, those views swing from believing that mental health is a reason to set up treatment facilities on campus (without funding), mental problems are BS to mental health is really criminal behavior that should require law enforcement. The fact is that, regardless of the referenced article, every institution of higher education will determine what is in their best interest; ie, great marketing, super applications, and few student resources that matter. My former employer believed that a class in baLLROOM dancing was worthy of funding, but professional counseling was not! This same employer did not want to address drinking on campus, because he had a drinking problem. College freshmen experience tremendous anxiety and depression issues, never suspected by admissions. These same freshmen bring tremendous baggage, as we say, to college. Family, friends, trauma, drugs, poor levels of emotional support, and suicidal ideation. We have to decide: do those young men/women deserve their right to a college education, or are they to be viewed as failures by the fucking Republicans that cannot spell Democratic or believe that only legitimate people (white, christian), should go to college, earn a living wage, and actually receive health care.

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