A young man comforts a young woman struggling with the rising mental health crisis in colleges.

The Rising Mental Health Crisis in Colleges

A 2021 Healthy Minds study, based on responses from 96,000 college students, showed that 44% had experienced some level of depression.1 In 2023, nearly 30% of students surveyed by Healthy Minds reported having engaged in non-suicidal self-injury.2 These numbers, among others, seem to reflect a rising mental health crisis in colleges across the US.  …