Your college years are filled with opportunities to learn and gain experiences that shape the rest of your adult life. Adapting to the stresses of college life can affect your well-being.
College students have been reporting an increase of mental health symptoms for more than a decade. Each year, about one in five people are dealing with a mental health condition, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About three-fourths of people with lifelong mental illnesses experience symptoms by the time they turn 24 years old, so young adults need support to help identify opportunities to connect with care.
Colleges are trying to keep up with the overwhelming demand to support a diverse student body. Many are challenged by the best ways to coordinate services between students, faculty and staff, mental health professionals.
If you are a college student, or are trying to support one, join Kerri Miller for a discussion about the stresses of college life today and how your campus is, or could be, addressing student well-being.
5:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Complimentary appetizers, courtesy of St Catherine University
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Panel discussion & audience QA hosted by Kerri Miller
The event will be recorded for broadcast on MPR at a later date.
ASL Interpreters will be available during this event.
Register here for this free, public event.