Panthers, take care: SHS, CAPS and DRC
- Sep 22, 2016
- 2 min read
For over thirty years, the FIU Student Health Center has been specializing in student health, assisting students to maintain and improve their health in order so that they may pursue their education and graduate successfully.
This opinion article was originally featured in PantherNOW and talks about the different FIU Student Health Services on campus and why students should take advantage of them.
Check out the article’s excerpt below and click the link if you want to read the full story!
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Maytinee Kramer/Staff Writer
For over thirty years, the FIU Student Health Center has been specializing in student health, assisting students to maintain and improve their health in order so that they may pursue their education and graduate successfully. Good health is essential to students’ success while at the university and throughout their life, which is why FIU Student Health Services (SHS) is committed to providing Panthers with quality health services, which will allow them to thrive both academically and personally.
The American College Health Association shows that today’s college students are facing a mental health crisis as evidence suggests greater levels of stress and psychopathology. Media reports of emotional distress, suicide, and acts of violence related to mental illness (most notably the tragedy at Virginia Tech) on college campuses have alerted the seriousness of this growing crisis.
According to the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors survey of counseling center directors, 95 percent of college counseling center directors surveyed said the number of students with significant psychological problems is a growing concern on campus. Yet 50 percent received no education on mental health issues prior to college.
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