Should colleges make it a priority to spend more money on improving students’ mental health?

Should colleges make it a priority to spend more money on improving students' mental health?American colleges and universities are devoting increased attention to students who experience psychological problems, such as stress and depression, that are associated with the transition from high school to higher education. At a great expense, some colleges have developed a network of psychologists, programs, and treatment facilities to deal with their students' mental health issues. Other colleges and universities argue that they cannot afford the cost of addressing students' psychological needs, especially when budgets are already too tight. Should colleges and universities make it a top priority to spend more money on improving students' mental health? why or why not?

Answer by kazoo1991
no, you should go to a mental health clinic off campus

Answer by ic0lh1b00
No they shouldn't. Isn't it the persons responsibility to pay for treatment in America? Why would you need help to transfer from school to university? Surely if you can pass your high school exams and the entry tests for college/university, you are mature enough to cope with campus life. If someone is found to need counseling they or their parents should pay for it. Isn't that common sense?

Answer by Tsunderecracker
In my personal opinion: No, absolutely not. Mental Health is not a school's responsibility, and it should not be part of every student's tuition to pay for the clinical needs of a few students. Perhaps the potential exists to include the cost of a psychological therapy department in the "rent" of dorm-based students, as they have nowhere else to go, much like an on-campus medical clinic.

Now if there is a psychology department that wants to run their own clinic, that is their their business, but I don't believe any schools should be required to maintain "a network of psychologists, programs, and treatment facilities to deal with their students' mental health issues." at the cost of every student.

I know I never used any on-campus facilities in the entire 7 years I attended school -- not the computer labs, not the cafeteria, not the public study areas, and certainly not the clinic, chapel, or therapists.

Answer by JD
Tell us something, is this how you plan your academic assignments in school? Using Yahoo Answers as resource? Just post up your assignment and get the community to collectively do it for you? Tell us something when when you graduate, should our names also be on your diploma?

Why or why not? Our names on your diploma?

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