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http://www.wsj.com/articles/students-flood-college-mental-health-centers [login to see]
I wonder how many will graduate with an official disability designation into the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) system (which guarantees poverty status) rather than learning to cope in a highly competitive employment environment? Millennials already experience a 12.8% unemployment rating according to the BLS and they cannot afford Obamacare so they are paying the non-participation tax, too. Sucks to be young...
REPORT: It is unclear why the rates of mental-health problems seem to be increasing among college students. Therapists point to everything from the economy and rising cost of tuition to the impact of social media and a so-called helicopter-parenting style that doesn’t allow adolescents to experience failure. Students are “overwhelmed with stress,” says Micky M. Sharma, director of Ohio State’s Student Life Counseling and Consultation Service. “The coping, the resiliency is not where we want it to be. That’s a bad combination.”
I wonder how many will graduate with an official disability designation into the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) system (which guarantees poverty status) rather than learning to cope in a highly competitive employment environment? Millennials already experience a 12.8% unemployment rating according to the BLS and they cannot afford Obamacare so they are paying the non-participation tax, too. Sucks to be young...
REPORT: It is unclear why the rates of mental-health problems seem to be increasing among college students. Therapists point to everything from the economy and rising cost of tuition to the impact of social media and a so-called helicopter-parenting style that doesn’t allow adolescents to experience failure. Students are “overwhelmed with stress,” says Micky M. Sharma, director of Ohio State’s Student Life Counseling and Consultation Service. “The coping, the resiliency is not where we want it to be. That’s a bad combination.”
Students Flood College Mental-Health Centers
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As a father of three millenials, with two of them currently in college, I have asked the same question. Why does it appear that college mental health centers are flooded with college students today?
But first, I cannot read your link to the Wall Street Journal; it asks me for a subscription. There is a similar article available on Fox News, but it, too, links to the WSJ.
And one correction: the unemployment rate for millenials, according to the BLS, is well under 10%, and approaching 5%. For 20-24 year olds, the Sep 2016 unemployment figure was 8.1%; for 25-34 year olds, the rate was 5.2%.
See http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea10.htm.
And a clarification: those millenials who are unemployed can hardly be paying much of an Obamacare “non-participation tax”; it is more properly described as a penalty for not having health insurance, costing the higher of $695 or 2% of their (non-existent) income. Additionally, if the millennial is under 26 (and not covered by TRICARE), some millenials may remain covered under their parents’ health insurance plans.
While there are many drivers for increased mental health clinic visitations on campus, one reason may be our efforts to remove or minimize the stigma of seeking professional mental health assistance. Another is the overall improved availability, capability, and quality in community and college mental health assistance.
Some of the best-balanced people I know are on anti-depressants; while some struggling through life, with every reason to seek professional help , don’t – and we pray that they don’t snap.
Society's mental health systems have improved since the days of Dr. Sidney Freeman on MASH.
But first, I cannot read your link to the Wall Street Journal; it asks me for a subscription. There is a similar article available on Fox News, but it, too, links to the WSJ.
And one correction: the unemployment rate for millenials, according to the BLS, is well under 10%, and approaching 5%. For 20-24 year olds, the Sep 2016 unemployment figure was 8.1%; for 25-34 year olds, the rate was 5.2%.
See http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea10.htm.
And a clarification: those millenials who are unemployed can hardly be paying much of an Obamacare “non-participation tax”; it is more properly described as a penalty for not having health insurance, costing the higher of $695 or 2% of their (non-existent) income. Additionally, if the millennial is under 26 (and not covered by TRICARE), some millenials may remain covered under their parents’ health insurance plans.
While there are many drivers for increased mental health clinic visitations on campus, one reason may be our efforts to remove or minimize the stigma of seeking professional mental health assistance. Another is the overall improved availability, capability, and quality in community and college mental health assistance.
Some of the best-balanced people I know are on anti-depressants; while some struggling through life, with every reason to seek professional help , don’t – and we pray that they don’t snap.
Society's mental health systems have improved since the days of Dr. Sidney Freeman on MASH.
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Safe spaces & trigger warnings for the poor little snowflakes... then reality hits...
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That depends on how many roommates they can get after college and whether or not they can live on cheetos and mountain dew while living on SSDI. I wonder if they will develop a conscience knowing that they are withdrawing from a system that was designed for the elderly and is massively under budgeted.
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Cpl (Join to see) as my millennial niece once told me, 'I am not paying for your healthcare!' I replied, 'I agree 100%, but it isn't my call; it's the guy for whom you voted." Cue the crickets...
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