Estimated 1 in 3 students seek help with mental health issues at some point during their academic career; Yavapai Campus police are involved in incidents “commonly” around mental issue problems
One of the issues the Yavapai Community College Governing Board was asked to consider at the November 2019 meeting was the increasing mental health needs of students attending the institution. According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness, nearly 1 in 5 adults experience mental illness of some kind each year.
This number is even higher among college students with roughly 1 in 3 students seeking help with their mental health. [Authority: htps://www.Insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/11/06/]. More students than ever before are being treated for mental health-issues for a variety of issues. These include addition, anxiety, depression, and panic attacks. [Authority: (htps://www.bestcounselingdegrees.net/top-10-mental-healthchallenges-facing-college-students-today/.]
Tom Hughes, Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Research at the Community College, presented this analysis on student mental health at the District Governing Board meeting. He noted that there are fairly common Yavapai campus police issues that involve in some way mental health problems. He also agreed with Representative Deb McCasland that there may be a link from drug abuse to some mental health problems.
His short presentation to the Governing Board follows below in the Video clip.