As enrollment increases, Florida universities are trying to find ways to bridge the widening gap between the number of students in need of mental health services and the ability to respond.
As enrollment increases, Florida universities are trying to find ways to bridge the widening gap between the number of students in need of mental health services and the ability to respond.
Several schools soon will see record-breaking numbers of incoming freshmen arriving amid a deepening youth mental health crisis catalyzed by the pandemic. Many of them spent most of high school virtually and at home with their families, reeling from the bombardment on social media of news of gun violence, school shootings and political and racial divisiveness.