If you’re the parent of a college-aged kid, you know that students today have higher rates of depression, anxiety and other mental health disorders.
Between 2020 and 2021, more than 60% of college students “met criteria for one or more mental health problems, a nearly 50% increase from 2013,” found a June study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.
“The pandemic has made everything worse,” Marcus Hotaling, a licensed psychologist and president of the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors, tells TODAY Parents.
Parents can be a significant resource for college students, even from afar. We asked campus counselors what they’d really like parents to know.
