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1、GalvanizedbytheApriltragedyatVirginiaTech,inwhichSeungHuiChokilled32studentsandfacultymembersandthencommittedsuicide,collegesanduniversitiesaroundthecountryareurgentlytakingstockofthereachandeffectivenessoftheirmental-healthservices.Thegoalisnotjusttoavoidanothercatastrophecaus
2、edbyadeeplytroubledstudentwhofellthroughthecracks.It'salsotofaceuptotheneedsoftoday'sstudents,whoincreasinglystrugglewitheatingdisorders,schizophrenia,bipolardisorder,anddepression.Therateofdepressionamongcollegestudentshasdoubledinjust15years;lastyear,some45percentofallstudent
3、ssaidthey'vesometimesfelttoodepressedtofunction,accordingtoanannualsurveybytheAmericanCollegeHealthAssociation.Ninepercentofcollegestudentsseriouslyconsideredsuicide. "SomeofthekeyquestionsthatVirginiaTechhasbroughtoutare:Whendoyourecognizethatastudent'shavingseriousproblems?W
4、hatstepsdoyoutake,andhowdoyoucoordinatecare?"saysRichardKadison,directorofmental-healthservicesatHarvardUniversityandauthorofCollegeoftheOverwhelmed.Lastweek,KadisonandothercampuspsychiatristsfromacrossthecountrygatheredinWashington,D.C.,tomapoutabetterwaytomeetthedemand. Many
5、schoolsarefindingthatchangewillbeasignificantchallenge.About65percentofcampuscounselingcentersstillhavenorelationshipwiththehealthcenter,forexample,makingitdifficulttomanageillnessesthatrequiremedication.Just59percenthaveapsychiatristavailable. Andthefundsnecessarytoaddexperti
6、secanbehardtofind.DaysaftertheVirginiaTechslayings,Floridapublicuniversityadministratorsaskedfor3.5milliontohiremorepsychologistsandcampuspoliceofficersandtosetupinterdisciplinaryteamsthatwouldidentifytroubledstudents.TheLegislaturedeniedtherequest.Theratioofcounselorstostudent
7、sattheUniversityofSouthFloridais1to3,500;atCornell,there'sacounselorforevery800students.Expertssaythatparentsshouldcheckoutthemental-healthresourceswhentheysendtheirchildtoschoolandmakesurethatthecounselingofficeisawareofanyhistory."Continuityofcareisreallyimportant,sothatpeopl
8、edon'tfallthroughthecracksandhaveunnecessarystressesan
