Ongoing uncertainties are forcing colleges and universities to increase their offerings of mental health services. Many educational institutions are realizing that the pandemic continues to affect their students; they are pushed to respond to students who are still processing events, loss of family members, and their own struggles with stress, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, loneliness, and suicidal ideation, according to a number of recent studies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that a disproportionate number of 18 to 24-year-olds has seriously considered suicide. The Student Experience in the Research University found that students are screening positive for both anxiety and depression at much higher rates than in previous years.
