Universities nationwide have been facing a growing epidemic of mental health crises as well. The current generation of college students “don’t feel that sense of confidence,” Schwartz said. Tulane University and Appalachian State University both saw a number of student suicides in 2015. Not far from Rowan University, the University of Pennsylvania has grappled with its own spate of recent suicides. In the fall, the school’s head of counseling and psychological services took his own life, rattling a campus that had made a concerted effort to improve access to mental health resources.

Source: bd News24 December 07, 2019 09:33 UTC