Tag: anguish
An âEpidemic of Anguishâ on College Campuses?
The Chronicle of Education has called the soaring rates of anxiety and depression among college student an âEpidemic of Anguish.â PBS interviews Jennifer Ruark, the editor of the Chronicle series, and Micky Sharma, the director of counseling at Ohio State University. Ruark reports that about â1 in 4 students reporting to campus counseling centers now are already on some kind of psychotropic medication.â Sharma adds that âjust because a student is crying does not mean he or she needs psychotherapy. Sometimes thatâs actually the type of emotional response that I would want to see.â