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Understanding the Journey: Exploring Graduate Student Mental Health and Well-Being*

Ruffaloni

Graduate students face many challenges with work-life balance. In the pursuit of knowledge, students enrolled in higher education often find their educational path intersects with the pressures of performance. Due to expectations, pressures, and external prioritization, I find that mindfulness and health are often overlooked.

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College Rejection and Mental Health

Ruffaloni

The current mental health crisis has made rejection even harder to take. May is college decision time, and we can’t think of a more emotional time in college planning than these next few weeks. However, a college rejection brings rejection to a whole new emotional level. Rejections are also part of life.

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Emotions and College Planning

Ruffaloni

In 2022 RNL surveyed high school counselors and parents of high school students, and overwhelmingly they shared that the mental and emotional health of students was their most pressing concern. Other research studies have reiterated how many prospective college students struggle with these issues.

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Illinois Students Lead the Charge in Bringing Mental Health Days to College

BestColleges

In 2022, Illinois implemented a bill providing K-12 students five excused mental health day absences per year, without requiring a doctor's note. A BestColleges study found that half of college students feel that their mental health has worsened since starting school. And she was thankful for it.

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Baylor School of Nursing Uses $1.5 Million Gift to Establish Chair in Mental Health

BestColleges

million donation to initiate its first endowed chair to cover mental health topics and advocacy. Texas ranks as the worst state for mental health services, according to a Forbes report. Supporting mental health in nursing education means not just training but supporting nursing students' personal well-being.

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Mental Health Services on College Campuses

College Wise

During the 2020-2021 school year, 60% of students met the criteria for one or more mental health problems. What resources are readily available to students is quickly becoming a priority for many high schoolers as they navigate college research.

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College Student Mental Health Statistics

BestColleges

Data Summary Check In 2022, over three-quarters of college students (77%) experienced moderate to serious psychological distress. [1] 1] Check 35% of students were diagnosed with anxiety; 27% had depression. [2] Check Almost 9 in 10 students (89%) who face academic challenges say they affect their mental health.