Approximately 10 million adults have co-occurring mental health and addiction disorders. Last year alone, an estimated 60 percent of adults did not receive help for their mental illness. Headlines over the past few years have been dominated by the opioid epidemic and the mental health crisis caused by the pandemic. These are not new issues though we are just talking about them more openly for the first time.
New resources and guidance are available for instructors keen to help students with mental health issues. Some say it’s too much to ask, others that it’s not enough to help.
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Last fall’s return to classes brought a promise of more normalcy from the Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s public universities, but some students say a return to the classroom has not meant a return to normal.