Category: Mental Health

When they go to college, students are forced to adapt to a radically new lifestyle—one with less structure and more pressure. When the difficulty of managing college life becomes overwhelming, some students may turn to alcohol and drugs to cope....

It’s 4:00 a.m. and she can’t sleep. Her freshman year is nothing like she thought it would be—financial worries, academic stress, and broken relationships. She needs to talk with someone, but who’s awake this early in the morning? She remembers...

A Forbes Health survey conducted in November 2022 found that half of the respondents between the ages of 18 and 25 cited improved mental health as their top New Year’s resolution for 2023. That’s compared to just 33% who said...

Nearly three million veterans of the post-9/11 generation have entered higher education after service. These students don’t fit the mold of a traditional 18- to 22-year-old college student—a majority are older than other students, married with children, twice as likely...

TimelyMD conducted a nationwide survey of over 1,000 college seniors planning to begin their careers when they graduate. Despite their overall optimism toward life after graduation, the survey revealed that nearly 7 out of 10 graduating seniors feel that the...

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a month that is dedicated to recognizing suicide prevention efforts and helps us stop and remember our friends and families who have been affected by suicide, while focusing efforts on directing treatment to those...

The latest session of TimelyMD’s Gen Ztressed webinar series featured a panel discussion on the topic of “Peer Support on the Front Lines of Student Mental Health.” During this discussion, students from across the country shared what mental health is...

Mental health has been an enormous challenge for colleges and universities for years. The COVID-19 pandemic made things even more difficult. Students coming back to college campuses are struggling with increased levels of stress and anxiety. Health centers at many...

Six out of 10 college students live with mental health disorders. And although the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250-to-1 ratio of students to school counselors, the national average was 415-to-1 for the 2020-2021 academic year. Clearly, an...