The Menninger Foundation has posted this article for parents of college students on their web site.
According to a 2004 survey by the American College Health Association, nearly half of all college students report feeling so depressed at some point in time that they have trouble functioning, and 14.9 percent meet the criteria for clinical depression. This marks an increase of 4.6 percent in the number of students who reported having ever been diagnosed with depression over a four-year time span. Young people ages 18 to 25 also have the highest prevalence of binge and heavy drinking, according to the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse.
Your child may be having a hard time in college if:
1. He suddenly changes his habits or moods.
2. She starts making poor grades.
3. He needs money.
4. She is never available (or reachable).
5. He never leaves home.
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Don’t all students fit criteria 3?
Oloryn,
In my day, that would have been true. But today… ever hear of “helicopter parents”?
Some kids – boys and girls – are calling home several times each day. That is, when parents aren’t calling them.