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College snowflakes seem to be melting down in larger numbers

In tandem with the rising politicization of schools and colleges, the number of college students with serious mental health problems is rapidly growing. Correlation does not prove causation, of course, but we must ask what could account for statistics like this, from a report by Steven Ross Johnson in Modern Healthcare:

….the number of college students seeking help for behavioral health issues [is] rising in recent years. From 2010 to 2015, counseling center utilizations increased by an average of up to 40%, according to a 2017 report by the Center for Collegiate Mental Health at Pennsylvania State University.

Aside from the overall increase in cases, the types of psychological and emotional conditions college students are seeking help for have become more serious.

Many schools report a rise in the number of students visiting […]

 

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