How can colleges help depressed students?
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Annually, Penn State collects information from students seeking mental health services at hundreds of universities. Data collected from the 2015-2016 school year showed, "anxiety and depression continue to be the most common presenting concerns for college students as identified by counseling center staff."
Kaz Nelson of the University of Minnesota's Department of Psychiatry, and Gregory Eells of Cornell's Counseling and Psychology Services, shared what colleges are doing to help students and what signs of depression parents should look for in their children.
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