Mental health issues
One out Five College Coeds Is Sexually Assaulted
It’s all too common for college coeds to be raped or to be the victims of an attempted rape.
According to a federal study, one out of five women are sexually assaulted in college. What’s equally alarming is about 95% of these women remain silent.
The Center for Public Integrity has just released a new study based [...]
Binge Drinking: Students in Coed Dorms Drink More
Here’s something else for parents of college students to worry about: students living in coed college dorms end up abusing alcohol more.
Students living in a coed college dorm are more likely to drink alcohol and they are roughly 2 1/2 times more likely to drink excessively. In a study conducted by the Journal of [...]
Help for Depressed College Students
What happens if your child becomes severely depressed in college?
As parents we worry because we wouldn’t be around to spot the symptoms. If my daughter, who attends college 2,500 miles away, started skipping classes, ignoring friends or losing weight because of depression I wouldn’t know unless she told me.
Colleges and universities offer [...]
