Eating Disorders and Other Stressors Impact College Students!

Tribune-Review
Students' use of college counseling on the rise
By Bob Stiles
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, January 24, 2010

More college students are feeling stressed out. Students are reporting more stress than a decade ago -- or even during the Great Depression -- and more are seeking counseling, according to recent studies and mental-health professionals. "Generally, with the fast-paced society, I think people have more stressors than they did before," said Terri Bassi-Cook, director of Counseling, Disability and Health Services at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, where the number of students seeking counseling has increased by about 50 percent during the past few years.

"It's a different world than it was even a decade ago," Bassi-Cook said. "These students have grown up with awareness of the Virginia Tech situation, the 9/11 tragedies, and that has shaped them. I think they feel less of a sense of safety. I think they feel more vulnerable in the world than they did before."

More college students are feeling stressed out. Students are reporting more stress than a decade ago -- or even during the Great Depression -- and more are seeking counseling, according to recent studies and mental-health professionals. "Generally, with the fast-paced society, I think people have more stressors than they did before," said Terri Bassi-Cook, director of Counseling, Disability and Health Services at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, where the number of students seeking counseling has increased by about 50 percent during the past few years. "It's a different world than it was even a decade ago," Bassi-Cook said. "These students have grown up with awareness of the Virginia Tech situation, the 9/11 tragedies, and that has shaped them. I think they feel less of a sense of safety. I think they feel more vulnerable in the world than they did before."...finish article at: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_663795.html#

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