Citation

Shanmuganandapala B, Khanlou N. Int. J. Ment. Health Addiction 2019; 17(3): 418-424.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s11469-019-00104-2

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A number of recent suicides by post-secondary students have drawn public attention to unmet mental health needs in post-secondary institutions. The dialog narrated below is between a post-secondary professor (NK) and graduate student (BS), who is also a registered nurse, completing a thesis study (Shanmuganandapala 2019) on youth mental health. The narrative explores possible reasons for the increased demand for mental health services, contributing systemic factors, and reasons why the issue is especially concerning for this age group. The dialog concludes with current government action, and recommendations. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Language: en

Keywords

Suicide; Mental health; Emerging adulthood; Cultural competence; Post-secondary students