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The mental health needs of today’s college students: challenges and recommendations.
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This paper reviews the literature on the changing mental health needs of today’s college students and the challenges posed by both the growing number of students with serious psychological problems on campus and the increase in the number of students seeking counseling. The implications of student mental health problems for students, faculty, staff, and the institution are discussed, as well as some strategies for responding to the surge in mental health needs on college campuses.
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- Authors
- Kitzrow, M. A.
- Corresponding author
- Kitzrow, Martha Anne
- Venue
- NASPA Journal
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2003-12
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 167-181
- ISSN
- 0027-6014 (ISSN-L)
- 1559-5455
- OpenAlex
- W2112508335
- Cited by
- 673
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 68 · 2020: 37 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 49 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 46 · 2015: 52 · 2014: 53 · 2013: 44 · 2012: 47
- FWCI
- 6.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- NASPA Journal (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Keywords
- college student mental health, mental illness, counseling services, university mental health services, faculty and staff support
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