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Thursday, July 6, 2017

Dr. John Huber – College Safe Spaces Aren’t Safe Enough!

from Financial Survival Network

Dr. John Huber joins the program today… Helicopter Moms aren’t enough to shield college students from adversity. Safe spaces just don’t work. According to the Center for Collegiate Mental Health at Penn State University, which gathers data from 139 institutions, the number of students seeking help jumped 50 percent between 2015 and 2016. Of those students who sought help, 26 percent said they had intentionally hurt themselves; 33.2 percent had considered suicide, numbers higher than the previous year. And according to the 2016 UCLA Higher Education Research Institute survey of freshmen, nearly 12 percent say they are “frequently” depressed. More than 75 percent of all mental health conditions begin before the age of 24, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, which is why college is such a critical time.

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