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Why College Students? <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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By the age of 25, about 74% of those who will have mental health disorders will have had their first symptoms. (Kessler, 2007)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A large survey reported that among 8,155 students, 6.7 % reported suicidal ideation, 1.6 % reported having a suicide plan, and 0.5 % reported making a suicide attempt in the past year. (Kessler, 2007)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common Mental Health Conditions in College Students <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Anxiety Disorders <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Eating Disorders<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Sleep Disorders <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u00a0Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent psychiatric problems among college students, with approximately 11.9 %<\/strong> of college students suffering from an anxiety disorder. (Predelli, 2015)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0Depression has prevalence rates in college students of 7% to 9 %<\/strong>. Depression is one of the most common reasons students seek counseling in college. (Predelli, 2015)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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It is estimated that eating disorders occur between 10% and 20%<\/strong> of women <\/span>and 4% to 10%<\/strong> of men in college suffer from an eating disorder, and rates are on the rise. (NEDA,2018)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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About 3.2%<\/strong><\/span> of college students meet the criteria for bipolar disorder. Due to additional stress, many individuals with bipolar disorder can struggle with the college experience.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Up to 60%<\/strong> of all college students suffer from poor sleep quality, and 7.7%<\/strong> meet all criteria of an insomnia disorder. Sleep problems have a great impact on the students\u2019 daily life. (Schlarb, 2017)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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COVID-19 & Mental Health <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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“The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a new global health threat. By increasing the risk of isolation, fear, stigma, abuse and economic fallout, COVID-19 has led to an increase in the risk of psychiatric disorders, chronic trauma and stress, which eventually increase suicidality and suicidal behavior.” (<\/span>Banerjee, 2021)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Stressful experiences such as learning about the diagnosis of COVID-19, fear of infecting others, symptoms of the illness, hospitalization, and loss of income may lead to the development of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A recent study in China indicated that 96.2%<\/strong> of recovering COVID-19 patients had significant posttraumatic stress symptoms. (Sher, 2020)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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  1. Kessler RC, Amminger GP, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Lee S, Ust\u00fcn TB. Age of onset of mental disorders: a review of recent literature. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2007 Jul;20(4):359-64. doi: 10.1097\/YCO.0b013e32816ebc8c. PMID: 17551351; PMCID: PMC1925038.<\/span><\/em><\/li>
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  5. Banerjee, D., Kosagisharaf, J. R., & Sathyanarayana Rao, T. S. (2021). ‘The dual pandemic’ of suicide and COVID-19: A biopsychosocial narrative of risks and prevention. <\/span>Psychiatry research<\/span>, <\/span>295<\/span>, 113577. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.psychres.2020.113577<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/li>

  6. Schlarb, A. A., Friedrich, A., & Cla\u00dfen, M. (2017). Sleep problems in university students – an intervention.\u00a0Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment,\u00a013, 1989\u20132001. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2147\/NDT.S142067<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Why College Students? By the age of 25, about 74% of those who will have mental health disorders will have had their first symptoms. (Kessler, 2007) A large survey reported that among 8,155 students, 6.7 % reported suicidal ideation, 1.6 % reported having a suicide plan, and 0.5 % reported making a suicide attempt in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3656,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-63","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/suicide-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/suicide-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/suicide-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/suicide-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/suicide-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/suicide-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/suicide-prevention\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":14,"date":"2021-04-08T14:31:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T14:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/suicide-prevention\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2021-04-13T15:22:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T15:22:26","slug":"how-to-use-au-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/suicide-prevention\/how-to-use-au-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use AU Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t

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    The Counseling Center at American University has a wide variety of resources for every student to access.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Types of Resources<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Individual Therapy:\u00a0<\/p>