| Colleges were already under pressure to meet students' mental-health needs when the Covid-19 pandemic made the situation more dire. Counseling-center directors and other clinicians who work with students are seeing a significant increase in anxiety, depression, and behavioral disorders. Less-visible problems with attention, executive function, and stress management are also having an impact on students' academic performance.
Building Students' Resilience offers a sense of the scale of students’ mental-health challenges, shares good news about what many colleges are already doing right, and provides guidance for how your staff and faculty can best support resilience and well-being. |
