College campuses across the United States have seen an increased demand for mental health counseling centers. Although this does not mean that students are necessarily developing more mental health problems. Instead, it’s more likely that the boom in campus interventions is a result of greater mental health awareness and prevention efforts.
These are the findings of the 2016 Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) Annual Report, the largest and most comprehensive report on college students seeking mental health treatment. “The results that we are seeing are the outcomes we would expect to see from suicide prevention efforts over the last decade,” said Dr. Ben Locke, executive director of CCMH.
In the last sixty years, in response to the growing demand, university counseling centers have experienced operational changes. They are providing 28% more “rapid-access” service hours per client and 7.6% fewer “routine” service hours per client. With more resources going into rapid-access services—first-time and emergency appointments—counseling centers’ routine treatment capacities are likely being impacted, especially when funding is low.
The findings show that anxiety and depression continue to be the most common presenting concern for college students as identified by counseling center staff. While there are increasing numbers of students seeking help who are deemed as a threat-to-self, it is still very infrequent to see cases where student’s thoughts or actions are conducive to harming others.
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