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Less concern about stigma for mental health issues in college‐aged population
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
disability compliance for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-8001
pISSN - 1086-1335
DOI - 10.1002/dhe.30231
Subject(s) - mental health , stigma (botany) , anxiety , polling , depression (economics) , psychology , population , health care , psychiatry , gerontology , medicine , environmental health , political science , operating system , computer science , law , economics , macroeconomics
College‐aged students associate mental health struggles and visits to a mental health professional or care facility with less stigma than did previous generations, but they still lack sufficient access to care for mental health concerns. That's according to a study released by the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. In fact, a majority of college‐aged students polled in the study (60 percent) said that seeing a mental health professional in times of need was viewed as a strength, the highest positive response for any age group polled.