public service announcement

 PSA Announcement  Today I will be talking about how mental health affects college students and what we can do. We know that college may be very demanding on new adults as they discover who they are and what they are looking for in life. Many things can affect a student's mental health, such as stress, depression, addiction, etc. When we think of health, we rarely think about mental health is a part of it. There have been many studies to show the increase in mental health problems in college students. As a student myself, I have found that stress can be exhausting. It is like an open door for depression and other serious health problems. When someone begins to feel the pressures of life, they must take a step back and treat the symptoms of mental and physical effects. Around 15% of college students utilize their school's counseling centers. A survey in 2014 found that 33 percent of students reported having suffered from serious depression; as we all know, depression may lead t...