Campus mental health services: recommendations for change.
College officials indicate that the number of students with serious mental illnesses has risen significantly. Recent media attention surrounding several high profile suicides has opened discussion of mental illness on campus. The authors summarize literature on college students and mental illness, including barriers to service receipt. Recommendations to improve campus-based responses to serious mental illness are presented on the basis of well-accepted service principles.
Mowbray
Carol T
CT
School of Social Work, University of Michigan.
Megivern
Deborah
D
Luther College Project Upward Bound.
Mandiberg
James M
JM
School of Social Work, Columbia University.
Strauss
Shari
S
School of Social Work, University of Michigan.
Stein
Catherine H
CH
Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University.
Collins
Kim
K
Disability Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Kopels
Sandra
S
School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Curlin
Caroline
C
School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Lett
Robin
R
Counseling Center, Ball State University.
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