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Counseling and psychiatric services at Midwest universities are buckling under the increased demand from students — many of whom are entering schools with more serious illnesses than ever seen before.
February 5, 2012 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/2012/02/stressed-demands-counselor-shortages-strain-midwest-campus-mental-health-systems/A decade ago, Thomas Murphy was a college dropout who used alcohol and drugs to deal with undiagnosed depression. Therapy made the difference for him. But he can’t receive it at school. When he re-enrolled at UW-Madison and went to the counseling center, he walked out with no appointment and a list of referrals.
Murphy’s story underscores a national dilemma: a surge in students seeking intensive counseling and psychiatric care, which college mental health centers often lack resources to provide.
February 5, 2012 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/2012/02/gaps-persist-in-campus-mental-health-services/Resources and links to crisis lines, campus organizations and off-campus organizations for those who need help.
February 5, 2012 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/2012/02/campus-mental-health-connect-learn-find-help/Five years ago, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee had the worst mental health care of any four-year UW institution, by some measures. But the university has worked to improve it.
February 5, 2012 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/2012/02/uw-milwaukee-strives-to-improve-mental-health-care/The University of Wisconsin-Stout had a problem, counseling director John Achter told the student association last year. Twenty-two percent more students were seeking counseling services than ever before, forcing patients to wait up to 26 days to be seen.
Presented with those numbers, the association designated enough money for Achter to hire a new counselor. But some UW counseling centers don’t track even basic information on patients.
February 5, 2012 https://partners.wisconsinwatch.org/2012/02/at-uw-stout-obsessive-data-crunching-to-save-and-improve-lives/