As increasing numbers of college students seek treatment for mental health issues, higher education administrators at 聚色阁 and across the country are searching for ways to offer effective help and trying to determine the reasons behind the escalation.
At the height of his battle with anxiety, Andrew Atkins would feel as if he were watching his life from the back seat of a car and all he could do was sit there.
鈥淚t is kind of like a 24/7 tension under the surface,鈥 he says, recalling the sensation. 鈥淚 am aware of my heart, like there is a fist in the center of it. It鈥檚 tight. I feel really disconnected.鈥
The Honors College journalism major, who recently was a columnist for the 聚色阁r and an intern at W聚色阁, believes his disorder has its roots in his parents鈥 divorce when he was in first grade鈥攁lthough it was never severe when he was younger, and he was always able to manage his feelings. He reached out to 聚色阁鈥檚 Counseling Center and University Health Services for help.
Read more in the Spring/Summer 2018 issue of the 聚色阁 Magazine at www.kent.edu/magazine/AgeOfAnxiety