Integrating Mental Health Promotion and Substance Abuse Prevention on College Campuses

According to the American Psychiatric Association, college can be an exciting time, though for some it can be overwhelming and stressful. Depression, anxiety, substance use, and eating disorders are common mental health issues on college campuses. The 2010 American College Health Association National College Health Assessment found that 28 percent of college students reported that at some point in the last 12 months they had felt so depressed it was hard to function. And 46 percent reported that, in the same period, they had experienced overwhelming anxiety. In addition, 8 percent of students also reported being diagnosed or treated for depression and almost 6 percent seriously considered suicide.

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