Falling through the Cracks — Virginia Tech and the Restructuring of College Mental Health Services
Abstract
Interview with Mark Reed on mental illness among college students and mental health care on campus. (07:16)Download Since April 16, when Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho gunned down 27 fellow students and 5 faculty members and injured 24 other people before taking his own life, some disturbing facts about his mental health history have emerged. At various points during Cho's college career, Virginia Tech police officers, professors, and students recognized that he was mentally troubled, but although state psychiatric evaluators once briefly committed him to a psychiatric hospital, it is unclear whether anyone from the school monitored him after his release. These discoveries have left investigators wondering whether the killings could have been prevented — and college . . .
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- Authors
- Shuchman, M.
- Affiliations
- Dr. Shuchman is a national correspondent for the Journal.
- Corresponding author
- Shuchman, Miriam
- ORCID
- Shuchman, Miriam
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 2007-07-12
- Volume
- 357
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 105-110
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- OpenAlex
- W2146485254
- Cited by
- 44
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 3 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 4.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Keywords
- Virginia Tech shooting, university mental health services, mental health screening, suicide prevention, psychiatric hospitalization, mental health monitoring
- MeSH terms
- Suicide Prevention, Adult, Mental Disorders, Confidentiality, Counseling, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health Services, Student Health Services, United States, Universities, Violence, Virginia, Police, Privacy, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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