Re:How Colleges Flunk Mental Health
by pasbesoin on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @11:59PM
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Not just mental health. They're flunking physical health, in my experience.
Simple health events go un or poorly treated. The problem cascades into a personal crisis for the student.
But, continuing to staff that health center was taking something like 0.01 % of the budget.
Many of these residential kids are, inconsistent RA's and whatnot aside, "on their own" for the first time. Schools need to lower the hurdles to seeking and receiving prompt and proper medical care.
Simple health events go un or poorly treated. The problem cascades into a personal crisis for the student.
But, continuing to staff that health center was taking something like 0.01 % of the budget.
Many of these residential kids are, inconsistent RA's and whatnot aside, "on their own" for the first time. Schools need to lower the hurdles to seeking and receiving prompt and proper medical care.