Colleges are scrambling to re-evaluate mental health resources after several university students have taken their lives in the past academic year. Arizona State University has now seen three suicides this year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has seen two this month and the University of Montana has seen two this past week.
Syracuse University must work toward fixing gaps in current mental health services. Students are at the heart of the university community, meaning their health and well-being should be a main priority for the university administration.
A lack of promotion of important resources and the unsatisfactory services provided for students is a disservice that endangers the students’ health and well-being. According to Emory University’s Suicide Statistics one in 10 college students contemplates suicide and more than 1,000 suicides take place on college campuses each year, making it apparent that mental health services must be more present and available to students.
[For more of this story, written by Alexa Diaz, go to http://dailyorange.com/2015/03...otion-accessibility/]
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