A Push For Colleges To Prioritize Mental Health : NPR.

When I was diagnosed as bipolar in 1997, I was diagnosed by a college psychiatrist. My first real experience with a psychiatrist and navigating the ins and outs of having a diagnosis and trying to find a treatment plan that would allow me to function was a key defining moment in my life. Reducing these services will only result in more students dropping out or opting out of college as an option. At this stage in life, at this age, university mental health services are often the only option students have for ever-increasing emotional problems.

Make support a priority. Healthy students make for a healthy future. With all the random acts of violence happening on college campuses and across the world, we need to make mental health a top priority and treat it like physical health, with preventative care.